Eleanor Holmes Norton

A Delegate from the District of Columbia. Born in Washington, D. C. , June 13, 1937. Graduated from Dunbar High School, Washington, D. C. B. A. , Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1960. M. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1963. LL. B. , Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn. , 1964. Lawyer, private practice. Law clerk to Federal District Court Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, 3rd Circuit, 1964-1965. Assistant legal director, American Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1970. Adjunct assistant professor, New York University Law School, 1970-1971. Staff, New York, N. Y. Mayor John Lindsay, 1971-1974. Chair, New York City commission on human rights, 1970-1977. Chair, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1977-1981. Senior fellow, Urban Institute, 1981-1982. Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1982-1990. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-present).