| Birth: | May 31, 1924
Mattoon
Coles County
Illinois, USA | | Death: | Mar. 23, 1985
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
Presidential Cabinet Member. Ms. Harris was the United States Ambassador to Luxumbourg from 1965-1967, the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1977-1979, and served as both Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Carter Administration reorganization of health services between 1979 and 1980. Ms. Harris was the first African-American female to serve in a Presidential cabinet.
Search Amazon for Patricia Harris | | | Burial:
Rock Creek Cemetery
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA |
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Originally Created by: Mark Pawelczak
Record added: Oct 29, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6892469 |
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Patricia Roberts Harris: Madam, you will be known when you served in the administration of President Jimmy Carter as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (which office was ...(Read more)
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Richard Tregaskis
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Happy 88th Birthday Secretary Harris
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