Eleanor Holmes Norton Biography

Fast Facts

• Became a supporter of the Free South Africa Movement during the 1980s
• Co-founded the group African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom with 15 others
• Received a Foremother Award from the National Research Center for Women & Families in 2011
• Studied at Antioch College, Yale University and Yale Law School
• Participated in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer campaign
• Became active in the civil rights movement during graduate school and served as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
• Her professional career began as a law clerk for Federal District Court Judge A․ Leon Higginbotham, Jr
• Helped establish the legal periodical Women's Rights Law Reporter