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Cardiss Hortense Collins ( née Robertson; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth African-American woman in Congress and the first to represent the Midwest. [1] .
Partito politico. Democratico. Cardiss Hortense Collins, nata Robertson ( Saint Louis, 24 settembre 1931 – 3 febbraio 2013 ), è stata una politica statunitense, membro della Camera dei Rappresentanti per lo stato dell' Illinois dal 1973 al 1997 .
7 feb 2013 · Cardiss Collins, who reluctantly ran for a Chicago Congressional seat left vacant when her husband died in a plane crash and went on to become Illinois’s first black congresswoman, serving for...
28 giu 2010 · Former U.S. Congresswoman of Illinois's 7th district Cardiss Collins was born on September 24, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Finley and Rosia Mae Cardiss Robertson. When she was ten years old, she moved with her family to Detroit, Michigan, where she attended the Detroit High School of Commerce.
2 mag 2003 · Cardiss Hortense Collins served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997, after first being elected in a special election to replace her husband, George Collins, who had died in office. She was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from Illinois, and the first woman and first African….
- U.S. House of Representatives, 1973-1997
- Democratic
- September 24, 1931—February 2, 2013 (aged 81)
- IL
6 feb 2013 · Former U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins was initially a reluctant candidate to replace her husband in Congress after his death in a plane crash, but she went on to represent Chicago in Washington for...
Overview. Cardiss Collins. (b. 1931) Quick Reference. (b. 24 September 1931), U.S. congresswoman. Cardiss Collins distinguished herself as the longest-serving African American woman in the U.S. Congress: at the time of her retirement in 1996 she had ... From: Collins, Cardiss in Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present »
