Background
HOLMES, Eleanor was born in Washington DC, United States of America.
Member of the House of Representatives
HOLMES, Eleanor was born in Washington DC, United States of America.
Monroe Elementary School. Banneker Junior High School. Dunbar High School, DC.
Antioch College; Yale University, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts American studies.
Former Human Rights Commissioner, New York City. Chairperson, EEOC, 1977-1981. Member of Congress, from District of Columbia, since 1990.
Member, House Committee on the District of Columbia. Professional career: admitted to the bar, 1964. Law clerk, Federal District Court, Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, 3rd Circuit, 1964-1965.
Assistant legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1970. Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University Law School, 1970-1971. Executive Assistant, Mayor, New York City, 1971-1974.
Professor, Georgetown University Law Centre, 1982-1990.
Episcopal
Member, Board of Governors, Washington DC Bar Association. Member, Board: Community Foundation of Greater Washington. Martin Luthter King Junior Centre for Social Change.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. National Women’s Political Caucus Advisory Board.
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