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Both her parents were government employees. Growing up in a well educated and politically conscious household caused Eleanor Holmes to be very aware of the surrounding struggles for African Americans. At the age of 12, she recalled watching protests against a Washington, D. In , Eleanor entered Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio where she became heavily involved with civil rights work.

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The emerging civil rights movement influenced her decision to enter Yale University in with the intention of becoming a civil rights lawyer. Leon Higginbotham. The following year she married Edward Norton and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar as an attorney. In Norton was admitted to practice before the U. Supreme Court where in her first case she successfully defended the National States Rights Party, a white supremacist group that was denied a permit to hold a political rally in Maryland.

In , Eleanor Holmes Norton was elected to Congress from the District of Columbia and is currently in her ninth term in that office. During her time in Congress, Holmes has fought for full voting rights for District of Columbia residents. Do you find this information helpful? A small donation would help us keep this available to all.

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