Burke, Yvonne Braithwaite

Details
Alias: Yvonne Braithwaite
Professional Facts

Legal Education:
University of Southern California School of Law, 1956
Firsts:
First woman elected to the U.S. Congress from California.
First African-American to serve as chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.


Further Research Materials

References:
Jessie Carney Smith (Editor), Notable Black American Women. Detroit : Gale Research (1992)
Profile: Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, San Francisco Daily Journal, October 5, 1987

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