Eleanor Holmes Norton | |
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia's at-large district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Fauntroy |
| Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
| In office May 27, 1977 – February 21, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Lowell W. Perry |
| Succeeded by | Clarence Thomas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eleanor Katherine Holmes June 13, 1937 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Edward Norton
(m. 1965; div. 1993) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Antioch College (BA) Yale University (MA, LLB) |
| Website | House website |
Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937)[1][2] is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist.[3] Norton serves as a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991 as a member of the Democratic Party.[4]
Prior to serving in Congress, Norton organized for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement. From 1977 to 1981, she was the first female chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.[5]
- ^ Cannon, Jasmine Daria (2023). "Eleanor Holmes Norton". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ "Norton, Eleanor Holmes 1937 –". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ Gallagher, Julie (2009), "Norton, Eleanor Holmes", Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195167795.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-516779-5, retrieved June 12, 2024
- ^ "Eleanor Holmes Norton". Oxford Reference. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ "History of the EEOC: Eleanor Holmes Norton". U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Retrieved June 12, 2024.