Eleanor Holmes Norton
Birth Name:
Eleanor Holmes
Birth Place:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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
- 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
- Participated in the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer campaign
- Helped establish the legal periodical Women's Rights Law Reporter