Paul Fussell
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Eleanor Holmes Nortonis an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. Norton serves as a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991 as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Eleanor Holmes Nortonis an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. Norton serves as a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991 as a member of the Democratic Party.
Prior to serving in Congress, Norton organized for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement. From 1977 to 1981, she was the first female chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
6 Quotes by Eleanor Holmes Norton
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On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment of its women and the organization of its family.
Eleanor Holmes NortonAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1937)
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There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who’s committed to her own development.
Eleanor Holmes NortonAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1937)
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If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court.
Eleanor Holmes NortonAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1937)
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Men without jobs do not form families.
Eleanor Holmes NortonAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1937)
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With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.
Eleanor Holmes NortonAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1937)
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There is no reason to repeat bad history.
Eleanor Holmes NortonAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1937)