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16 Jun 2017, 3:00 am by Serena Mayeri
Whereas many male policymakers and civil rights leaders believed that the solution was to shore up black men’s roles as breadwinning household heads, women’s rights advocates—led by African American feminists such as Pauli Murray, Aileen Hernandez, and Eleanor Holmes Norton—fought for equal employment opportunity for women. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 12:20 pm
Eleanor Holmes Norton testified that if employers "provide something for women affected by pregnancy that they are not required to provide for other employees [it] gives fodder to those who seek to discriminate against women in employment. [read post]
26 Mar 2021, 10:15 am by Karen Terry
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s Terry Ao Minnis and Smithsonian curator Edith Mayo comprise the living honorees. [read post]
24 Mar 2008, 1:29 am
Eleanor Holmes Norton (PDF 88.8 KB)Letter Regarding the Proposed Relocation of the Greyhound Bus Terminal to Union Station03/21/2008 Order From the Federal Communications Commission (PDF 206 KB)Order Bans Exclusive Contracts for Telecommunications Services in Apartment Buildings03/21/2008 Proposed Legislative Text of Additional Proposals for the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2009, H.G.W. 215 and S.G.W. 215 (PDF 777 KB)Text as Proposed to the House… [read post]
28 May 2008, 9:34 pm
  The FCC itself is conducting a seminar on converter box issues on June 19, and hosting another on May 28 sponsored by the NAB and DC's Congressional representative, Eleanor Holmes Norton. [read post]
26 Mar 2021, 10:15 am by Karen Terry
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s Terry Ao Minnis and Smithsonian curator Edith Mayo comprise the living honorees. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 12:51 pm by Jocelyn
Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Eleanor Holmes Norton walked out of a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing because there were no women included on the panel of witnesses discussing limiting contraception for women. [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 9:05 pm by Emily Galik
Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) introduced a bill to block the Trump Administration’s attempt to move the BLM westward. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 1:58 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Barbara Lee (D-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 9:31 am
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said she believed the bill had the 60 Senate supporters necessary to overcome a filibuster. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 7:38 pm by Marvin Ammori
 Eleanor Holmes Norton left a “shocking” voice mail that probably didn’t shock DC, asking for funds. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 9:10 pm
Mayor Adrian Fenty, Council Chair Vince Gray, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and School Chancellor Michele Rhee. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 7:22 am
A former partner at the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Machen was recommended for the job by Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who submitted Machen’s name to President Obama. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 2:36 pm by Lorene Park
And to help eliminate the wage gap, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the first woman to chair the EEOC, along with cosponsors Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), announced a plan to introduce a bill barring employers from asking for salary history before extending a job or salary offer. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 5:50 am by Aryeh Neier
IMAGE: President Jimmy Carter participates in the swearing-in ceremony for Patricia Derian, Virginia McCarty and Eleanor Holmes Norton at the White House on June 17, 1977. [read post]
1 Aug 2020, 3:07 am by SHG
A new bill, introduced by Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C. [read post]