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Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Delegate to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from the District of Columbia's
at-large district
Assumed office
January 3, 1991
Preceded byWalter Fauntroy
Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office
May 27, 1977 – February 21, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Preceded byLowell W. Perry
Succeeded byClarence Thomas
Personal details
Born
Eleanor Katherine Holmes

(1937-06-13) June 13, 1937 (age 87)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Edward Norton
​
​
(m. 1965; div. 1993)​
Children2
EducationAntioch College (BA)
Yale University (MA, LLB)
WebsiteHouse website
Eleanor Holmes Norton's voice
Norton speaks in support of D.C. Statehood
Recorded August 22, 2021

Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937)[1][2] is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist.[3] Holmes 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 chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the first woman to hold the position.[5]

  1. ^ Cannon, Jasmine Daria (2023). "Eleanor Holmes Norton". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Norton, Eleanor Holmes 1937 –". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  3. ^ 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/acref-9780195167795-e-0919?rskey=mnifmy&result=901, ISBN 978-0-19-516779-5, retrieved June 12, 2024
  4. ^ "Eleanor Holmes Norton". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100239671?p=emailaghl6tytqyeoo&d=/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100239671. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "History of the EEOC: Eleanor Holmes Norton". U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

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