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Eleanor Holmes Norton, born on June 13, 1937, is a distinguished civil rights leader and the U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia since 1991. A trailblazer in law and politics, she was the first woman to serve as the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Norton's advocacy for DC statehood reflects her unwavering commitment to justice and representation. Over decades, her influential voice has championed civil rights and economic justice, cementing her legacy as a formidable force in American politics.
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"My generation took on political equality. I believe young people, who have graduated into a poor economy, have an incentive to take on much tougher issues of income equality. If they show the leadership they have demonstrated in the last few elections, they can bring changes even greater than my generation achieved."
Eleanor Holmes Norton"On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family."
Eleanor Holmes Norton