# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yvonne-brathwaite-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:15:38.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yvonne-brathwaite-burke"
name: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
slug: "yvonne-brathwaite-burke"
description: "Yvonne Pearl Burke is an American politician and lawyer from California. She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress. She served in the U.S. Congress from 1973 to 1979. She represented the 2nd District on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1992 to 2008. She served as Chair of Los Angeles County four times and served as chair pro tem three times."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yvonne_burke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             4.54638124362895
  historical:           8.584705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ايڤون بريثويت بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke"
    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke"
    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%AA'%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A7"
    title: "איבון בארת'ווייט ברק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke"
    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke"
    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke"
    title: "Yvonne Brathwaite Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یوون براتھویٹ برک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump