Eleanor Holmes Norton

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has been a delegate from the District of Columbia since January 3, 1991 (102nd Congress-Present). Norton is the chair of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. She also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Past committee assignments include the Security, Post Office and Civil Service, Small Business, and District of Columbia committees. 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.