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You are on the correct page Shy'ajah. Eleanor Holmes Norton Eleanor Holmes Norton was important to me because as chairman of the new York human rights commission (1970-7) Norton championed women’s rights and anti-block-busting legislation. In 1990 Norton was elected as a democratic non-voting delegate to the house from the district of Columbia. Congresswoman has held the office of delegate, district of Columbia for over 18 years. She has been a legislative pioneer. Forty five years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr. inspired us to act on the principle that all Americans must have equals rights. civil rights activist political born June 13,1937 in Washington D.C. a graduate of Antioch college ,Yale university and Yale university law school Norton worked in private practice before becoming assistant director of the American civil liberties union (1965-70) where she defended both Julian bore’s and George Wallace’s freedom-of-speech rights.