Women's History Month Featured Leader: Patricia Roberts Harris

In March, we’re featuring an influential woman every day in honor of Women’s History Month.
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Today we’re celebrating:

Patricia Roberts Harris

Lawyer, public official, and activist (1924 – 1985)
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• Taught and worked as an administrator at Howard University, her alma mater
• Lead NAACP chapter and participated in social welfare and civil rights initiatives
• Appointed ambassador to Luxembourg in 1965
• Later became Housing and Urban Development and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (now Health and Human Services)