| Eleanor Holmes Norton  AKA Eleanor Katherine Holmes
Born: 13-Jun-1937
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Gender: Female
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congresswoman, Washington DC Father: Coleman Sterling Holmes
Mother: Vela Elizabeth Lynch
Sister: Portia Coleman Holmes
Sister: Nellie Carol Holmes
Husband: Edward Norton (m. 1965, div.)
Son: John Holmes Norton
Daughter: Katherine Felicia Norton
University: BA, Antioch College (1960)
University: MA, Yale University (1963)
Law School: LLB, Yale Law School (1969)
Professor: Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University Law School (1970-71)
Professor: Georgetown University (1982-90)
US House of Representatives District of Columbia (1991-)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman (1977-81)
New York State Official Executive Asst. to Mayor of NYC (1971-74)
American Civil Liberties Union Assistant Legal Director (1965-70)
Law Clerk to A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors
Council on Foreign Relations
NAACP Antioch College chapter president
National Student Leadership Conference Honorary Board of Advisors
Rockefeller Foundation
District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors
Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
Roast: Stephen Colbert (2008)
TELEVISION
To The Contrary Panelist
Official Website:
http://www.norton.house.gov/
Author of books:
Fire in My Soul (2003, memoir, with Joan Steinau Lester)
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