Hillary Clinton Becomes The First Female Presidential Nominee Of A Major Political Party In The United States’s History

Hillary Clinton put new cracks in the nation's highest glass ceiling tonight as she became the first woman to win the popular vote in a major party's primary. Speaking to her supporters from Brooklyn, New York, just down the road from her national campaign office, Clinton said her accomplishment belongs not just to her - 'tonight belongs to all of you.' 

'It is not about one person, it belongs to generations of women and men,' the 68-year-old former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state, said, declaring herself the 'Democratic nominee.' 

Paying tribute to her 2008 speech at the end of the line, when she narrowly lost the nomination to Barack Obama, Clinton told her supporters, 'It may be hard to see tonight, but we are all standing under a glass ceiling right now.' 

'This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings no limits on anybody.' With reference to Bernie Sanders she added: 'Whether you supported me, or Senator Sanders, or one of the Republicans, we all need to keep working toward a better, fairer, stronger America.' However Sanders vowed to fight on early on Wednesday morning, telling supporters he would fight for as many votes as possible in DC next week and at the Democratic Convention.