Eleanor Holmes Norton

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has been a delegate from the District of Columbia since January 3, 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Norton serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. President Jimmy Carter named Norton as the first woman to chair the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Norton has fought tirelessly for full congressional voting representation of District of Columbia residents. She has also been an outspoken advocate for universal human rights. Before her tenure in Congress, Norton was a nationally known feminist, civil rights leader, and law professor. She received a bachelor’s degree from Antioch College and earned law and master’s degrees from Yale University.