X has a long list of firsts – the first Black woman to be elected district attorney in California history, first woman to be California’s attorney general, etc.
In 2020, she made the news when her Wikipedia page was edited over 500 times, allegedly to scrub controversial information, including her “tough-on-crime” record.
Who am I talking about?
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The leading theory is that X came from Samuel Wilson, a meat packer who supplied meat to U.S. troops in New York and New Jersey who were fighting against British invaders during the War of 1812. Barrels of Wilson’s meat stamped “U.S.” were associated with his nickname.
This gave rise to which phenomenon, which became even more famous during the World Wars.