Re:she is the first woman to do so (manage a political campaign)
Ignorant statements like this make one wonder how reliable the rest of the article is. Didn’t Donna Brazille manage a presidential campaign? Didn’t Bay Buchanan manage a presidential campaign?
But the author didn’t qualify her ignorant statement to presidential races. Obviously there have been many female campaign maanagers of races for Senate, Congress, Governor and precinct committeeman.
The first for a GOP presidential nominee, and yes it was very poorly worded here.