Patricia Harris

American politician and diplomat (1924-1985) · United States · Writers · Died at 60

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Patricia Roberts Harris was an American politician, diplomat, and legal scholar. She served as the 6th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 1977 to 1979 and as the 13th United States secretary of health and human services from 1979 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.

A life in dates

2003National Women's Hall of FameAward1997honorary degree from Spelman CollegeAward1988D.C. Women's Hall of FameAward1985Died23 March 19851977honorary degree from Spelman CollegeAward1974Ladies' Home Journal Women of the YearAward1924Born31 May 1924

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Patricia Harris in 1965, at her swearing-in ceremony to be the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg

Harris as secretary of HUD with President Carter and New York mayor Abraham Beame touring the South Bronx in 1977

Awards

National Women's Hall of Fame2003

Honorary degree from Spelman College1997

D.C. Women's Hall of Fame1988

Honorary degree from Spelman College1977

Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year1974

In common with Patricia

Mary Church TerrellBoth received D.C. Women's Hall of Fame

Dorothy HeightBoth received Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year

Max ClelandBoth received honorary degree from Spelman College

Sharon PrattBoth received D.C. Women's Hall of Fame

Joan Ganz CooneyBoth received Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year

Writers from the United States 1

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United States