Eleanor Holmes Norton
By: Hal Marcovitz.
Series: African American leaders
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Norton, Eleanor Holmes -- Juvenile literature.; Norton, Eleanor Holmes.; United States. Congress. House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American women legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Legislators.; Women -- Biography.; African Americans -- Biography.; Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.; Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Profiles Washington, D.C.'s member of the United States House of Representatives who, in a previous position as head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Council, wrote the guidelines on sexual harrassment in the workplace.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: The walk to the Senate; title: Campus leader and social activist; title: Nirvana at the ACLU; title: The chair takes over; title: Eleanor campaigns for Congress; title: Crisis in the Capital; title: The fight for D.C. statehood.