Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin won this year's Nobel Prize in economics, Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast ever, and Fortune senior editor Claire Zillman shares highlights from Sen. Laphonza Butler's appearance at Day 1 of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. Enjoy your Tuesday.
- The newest senator. Laphonza Butler had to make history in a hurry. California Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped Butler, then president of Emily's List, to replace the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein hours after Feinstein's death and as Washington faced a government shutdown. Butler recalled the whirlwind weekend at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Monday.
"The governor did not have a whole lot of time for me to think [things] through. There were no phone-a-friend options," Butler said.
