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	Patricia Roberts Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born Patricia Roberts in Mattoon, Illinois, Harris graduated summa cum laude from Howard University in 1945, and later graduated from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1960.
		Harris was appointed to the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter upon his election 1977.
		In 1982, Harris become a professor at the George Washington National Law Center, a position she held until her death from breast cancer on March 23, 1985, at the age of 60.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patricia_Harris (319 words)

	The Legacy of Patricia Roberts Harris at Howard University - Part 1
		Patricia Roberts Harris is the 23rd American and seventh woman honored on a commemorative postage stamp in the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage series.
		Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985), a 1945 graduate of Howard University, was well-known as an influential public official, diplomat and civil rights activist.
		The legacy of Patricia Roberts Harris that is being celebrated on a national level by the commemorative stamp in her honor has been long appreciated by the Howard University community and predates the stamp by many years.
	www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu /0005huarnet/harris1.htm (371 words)

	Patricia Roberts Harris
		In 1945 Patricia Roberts graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. degree from Howard University.
		Harris met attorney general Robert F. Kennedy in Washington and soon thereafter was appointed co-chairwoman of the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
		Harris left Howard University and practiced law in Washington for several years until President Carter chose her to be his secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1977, the first fl woman to serve as a member of a presidential Cabinet.
	members.aol.com /efirpo/harris.html (425 words)

	ABA Division for Public Education: Black History Month 2001, Profile 2: Patricia Roberts Harris
		Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African American woman to serve as a cabinet member, as an ambassador to a European country, and as dean of a law school.
		Patricia Roberts Harris was a woman who distinguished herself throughout her legal career, and yet never forgot her roots or the importance of advocating on behalf of the poor.
		Harris was a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice criminal division for a year before joining the staff of Howard University as associate dean of students and lecturer in law, later becoming professor of law.
	www.abanet.org /publiced/bh_prh.html (857 words)

	AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Harris was born on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, IL.
		In 1964, Patricia Harris was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from the District of Columbia.
		In 1982, Patricia Harris was appointed a full-time professor at the George Washington National Law Center, a position she served in until her death on March 23, 1985.
	www.toptags.com /aama/bio/women/pharris.htm (527 words)

	1998.03.13: PATRICIA HARRIS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Harris was certainly a light for my life, and for a generation of women who came to public service at a time when most women couldn't hope to break the glass ceiling because their careers were anchored to the floor.
		Patricia Harris met all of these needs - and for that she deserves a very special place in our hearts, and this program to pass on her talents and her dreams.
		But what I most admired about Patricia Harris was that she used her extraordinary legal mind - and management skills - as a sword to fight for people too weak to fight for themselves, not as a shield to protect vested interests or the status quo.
	www.hhs.gov /news/speeches/HOWARDPH.html (2573 words)

	Patricia Roberts Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris was born in Mattoon, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago on May 31, 1924.
		Patricia was active in civil rights demonstrations in Washington D.C. and in 1943 she participated in a student sit-in at a whites-only cafeteria.
		Patricia was a strong supporter of the Democratic party and she continued to work for the national party while practicing law with a Washington D.C. firm from 1969 to 1977.
	multirace.org /firstday/stamp24.htm (448 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris served as secretary of housing and urban development under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979.
		Harris was the first fl woman to hold a Cabinet post in the United States.
		Patricia Harris was born in Mattoon, Ill. She graduated from Howard University in 1945 and earned a law degree at George Washington University in 1960.
	www.worldbook.com /features/whm/html/pharris.html (206 words)

	Aetna: African American History Calendar: 1989: Patricia Roberts Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The career of Patricia Roberts Harris was distinguished by many firsts for fl women, including U.S. ambassador, presidential cabinet member, law school dean, and director of a major U.S. company.
		Born in Mattoon, Ill., Harris received her early education in Chicago, and later studied government and economics at Howard University in Washington, D.C., one of five schools that offered her a full scholarship.
		Harris reached another career milestone in 1971 when she was named director of IBM, one of the world's largest corporations.
	www.aetna.com /foundation/aahcalendar/1989harris.html (299 words)

	Search Results for "Roberts" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Roberts, Owen Josephus, 1875-1955, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930-45), b.
		Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (kandhar´) (KEY), 1832-1914, British field marshal.
		Roberts, Benjamin Titus, 1823-93, American clergyman, one of the founders of the Free Methodist Church, b.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Roberts (264 words)

	OMH Recognizes Patricia Roberts Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris was born in Mattoon, Ill., and was educated in the Chicago public school system.
		After her ambassadorship, Harris continued working in the law field at Howard University and the law firm of Freed, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Kampelman.
		Harris returned to public administration when President Jimmy Carter named her Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1976.
	www.omhrc.gov /mlking/corbis/harris.htm (396 words)

	National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
		Patricia Roberts Harris was dedicated to public service, civil rights and the promotion of social justice.
		Born in Mattoon, IL in 1924, Patricia Roberts excelled academically and won a scholarship to Howard University.
		Harris worked briefly for the U.S. Department of Justice and was appointed co-chair of the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights by President John F. Kennedy.
	www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=200 (502 words)

	PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
		Patricia Roberts Harris was born in Mattoon, Illinois on May 31, 1924.
		Harris received a doctorate in jurisprudence from George Washington University Law School in 1960.
		Patricia Harris died of cancer on March 23, 1985.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/african_american_history/56404 (522 words)

	Patricia Roberts Harris -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Harris was appointed to the (A cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display) cabinet of President (39th President of the United States (1924-)) Jimmy Carter upon his election 1977.
		Harris then served as the first (The position of the head of the Department of Health and Human Services) Secretary of Health and Human Services until Carter left office in 1981.
		In 1982, Harris become a professor at the George Washington National Law Centerm, a position she held until her death on March 23, 1985.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/patricia_roberts_harris.htm (414 words)

	America's 2000 Stamp Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 23rd stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Patricia Roberts Harris, the first African-American woman to serve as a member of a presidential cabinet.
		Harris also was the first African-American woman to serve as a U.S. ambassador.
		Throughout her career, Harris gave special attention to the needs of the disadvantaged and distinguished herself as an advocate of fairness and equity for all Americans.
	www.usps.com /images/stamps/2000/harris.htm (162 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Baseball Over Books
		So, after brief remarks about the late Patricia Roberts Harris, the school's namesake, whom I was privileged to have met, and a few words about The Post's strict policy separating news reporting and opinion writing, we got down to the business of crafting an editorial.
		The Patricia Roberts Harris Educational Center I saw was a slap in their faces.
		It is also a blight on the name of Harris, the first African American female Cabinet member, first African American female ambassador, first woman to serve as a Howard University Law School dean, only woman to serve in three Cabinet-level positions and a distinguished graduate of Howard University and George Washington University's Law School.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A46800-2004Nov12?language=printer (1019 words)

	Cornwell, Patricia -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		U.S. newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in 1974 by leftist radicals called the Symbionese Liberation Army, whom under duress she joined in robbery and extortion.
		Patricia MacLachlan, the author of several critically acclaimed children's picture books and novels for preadolescents, probably is best known for ‘Sarah, Plain and Tall', which won the 1986 Newbery Medal.
		A dynamic civil rights activist, Patricia Roberts Harris was also the first African American woman to hold a Cabinet post or serve as a United States ambassador.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9112955?tocId=9112955 (519 words)

	American President
		Patricia Roberts Harris was born on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois, and earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics (1945) from Howard University.
		Thereafter, Harris was a member of the Howard University Law School faculty from 1961 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1970.
		In the Carter administration, Harris served as secretary of housing and urban development (1977-1979), secretary of health, education and welfare (1979-1980), and then secretary of health and human services (1980-1981).
	www.americanpresident.org /history/jimmycarter/cabinet/secretaryofhealthandhumanservices/patriciarharris/email.html (177 words)

	CBC Leadership Awards Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris was the first fl woman to hold the diplomatic rank of ambassador of
		Harris was an initiator and an avid supporter of women and minority issues. The Patricia Roberts Harris Memorial Award is given to a female student who exemplifies Ms.
		Harris’ humanistic characteristics and has proven to be truly a fl woman of distinction.
	www.udel.edu /CBC/nomdescrip.html (242 words)

	Black History Month
		Patricia R. Harris was the first fl woman to serve in a president's cabinet and the first to serve as secretary of two cabinet posts.
		Harris earned a law degree with honors from George Washington University in 1960, and was then admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
		Her most noteworthy sculptures include busts of Abraham Lincoln, John Brown and Col. Robert Gould Shaw, the leader of the all-fl Civil War regiment who is portrayed in the movie "Glory".
	www.cnn.com /EVENTS/1997/bhm/days (2638 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris was born on May 31, 1924 and was the first African American woman to be named to a United States Ambassadorship and the first to serve in a presidential cabinet.
		In 1963 Harris was named co-chair of the National Women's Committee for Civil Right and served as ambassador to Luxembourg from 1965 to 1967.
		From 1977 to 1979 Harris was secretary of housing and urban development, followed by secretary of health, education and welfare.
	t3.preservice.org /T0210263/harris.htm (105 words)

	U.S. Mayor Article \| New Stamp Honors Patricia Roberts Harris (6/26/00)
		Mayors viewed a video June 11 which highlighted the life of Patricia Roberts Harris and presented a new U.S. Postal Stamp created in her memory.
		Harris died of cancer in Washington, DC on March 23, 1985.
		The Patricia Roberts Harris Commemorative Campaign’s Founder and Director Fran Phillips-Calhoun joined the mayors in Seattle to present a video on Secretary Harris which was prepared by Howard University.
	www.usmayors.org /USCM/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/06_26_00/stamp_article.html (222 words)

	Howard University - Ralph J. Bunche: International Affairs Center
		The Harris Public Affairs Program, which recently became associated with the international affairs programs at Howard within the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center, serves as a living memorial to a Howard University alumna, professor, and dean known for her trail-blazing public service career.
		Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-85) was a 1945 summa cum laude graduate of Howard's College of Liberal Arts whose many markers of achievement included serving as U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg and holding two Cabinet posts: Secretary of the U. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
		Key features of the Harris Program include an annual lecture focusing on a major issue or issues of national and/or international concern; and the Visiting Fellows Program, which brings outstanding public affairs professionals to Howard for two to six day periods to share informally their expertise with students.
	www.howard.edu /rjb/prharris (390 words)

	CNN - Interactive Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African-American woman to serve in a president's cabinet.
		In 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed Harris to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and in 1979 he named her Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
		She also was the first African-American woman to serve as a U.S. ambassador, as the U.S. envoy to Luxembourg from 1965 to 1967.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2002/black.history/interactive/stamp.gallery/23.harris.html (64 words)

	Patricia Roberts Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia received a scholarship to Howard University and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1945.
		Patricia received her law degree from George Washington University and graduated at the top of her class.
		Patricia served as Secretary of HUD from 1977 until 1979.
	esperstamps.org /h23.htm (491 words)

	Patricia Harris Papers (Library of Congress)
		Copyright Status: Copyright in the unpublished writings of Patricia Harris in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
		The Correspondence subseries contains letters congratulating Harris on her appointment as secretary of HUD Also included are logs and summaries documenting some of her incoming and outgoing correspondence during her tenure at the department.
		Memoranda and letters, primarily outgoing, including attachments, between Harris and the president, government officials, HUD staff, and the public, pertaining to her duties as secretary of HUD.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/prharris.html (2457 words)

	Harris, Patricia Roberts on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ADVISORY/Patricia Roberts Harris, Civil Rights andPublic Service Activist, is Honored On Latest Black Heritage Series Postage Stamp.
		REMINDER/Patricia Roberts Harris, Civil Rights andPublic Service Activist, is Honored On Latest Black Heritage Series Postage Stamp.
		Former Cabinet Official Patricia Roberts Harris Honored On New Commemorative Stamp.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HarrisP1at.asp (315 words)

	Past Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When President Jimmy Carter appointed Patricia R. Harris as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979, it was only the second time in history that a fl woman served in a president's cabinet.
		In 1961, after graduating with honors from the law school at George Washington University, she became an associate dean of students at Howard University's law school and served as co-chairman of the National Women's Committee on Civil Rights during the Kennedy administration.
		In looking back upon his achievements, Harris commented that it is vital for everyone to know and understand the importance of history.
	www.nscorp.com /nscorphtml/aarm/aa_leaders.html (3975 words)

	the Globe - Summer '98 Page 8
		he tenth anniversary of Patricia Roberts Harris Public Affairs Program was observed March 12-14 with a series of lectures and panel discussions involving former colleagues and associates paying tribute and examining Harris’s legacy as servant, educator, and diplomat.
		Harris Fellows, including a large number of former interns who returned to the campus for the observance, attended and took part in the proceedings.
		Joining with the Harris Program and the Bunche Center in the tenth anniversary observance was the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures which, through the initiative of Dr. Marilyn Sephocle, sponsored The Women Ambassadors Program Conference on March 12.
	www.founders.howard.edu /globe/8.htm (240 words)

	Patricia Roberts Harris biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924–March 23, 1985) served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
		She was the first African-American woman to serve as an ambassador, representing the U.S. to Luxembourg under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
		African-American Almanac :: Buiographies :: Patricia Roberts Harris
	patricia-roberts-harris.biography.ms (118 words)

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