Norton, Eleanor (Holmes)

1937 - Born in Washington, D.C. on the 13th of June.

1963 - Attended Antioch College, Yale University.

1964 - Yale University Law School.

1977-1981 - Chairman of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

1990-1991 - Norton was elected as a Democratic delegate to the House of Representatives, taking office on the 3rd of January.

2006 - On the 27th of July, Norton appeared on the Better Know A District segment of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, in which she spiritedly defended the District of Columbia's claim to being a part of the United States.

         - Norton also appeared on the joint Colbert Report/Daily Show "Midterm Midtacular" special on the 7th of November.

2007 - A further interview with Stephen Colbert was conducted on the 22nd of March on the subject of representation in the District of Columbia.