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Eleanor Norton

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Eleanor Holmes Norton Retires: A Legacy of Advocacy for D.C.

Eleanor Holmes Norton, a trailblazing civil rights lawyer and staunch advocate for Washington, D.C., announced her retirement after serving as a non-voting delegate in Congress for over three decades. Her tenure was marked by efforts to secure home rule for D.C., often clashing with federal intervention.

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Washington's Eleanor Holmes Norton, oldest member in US House, to retire at 88

Eleanor Holmes Norton, a pioneering civil rights lawyer who became Washington, D.C.’s steadfast champion in Congress for more than three decades, said on Tuesday she will retire next year, ending a tenure defined by her fights for home rule and resistance to repeated federal intervention.