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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.
7 de feb. de 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 de jun. de 2010 · Cardiss Collins was the first African American and first woman to chair the Manpower and Housing subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee and to be named Democratic whip-at-large in the House. She served in Congress from 1973 to 1996 and authored laws on health, safety, and advertising issues.
6 de feb. de 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...
Elected to 12 consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Cardiss Collins ranks as one of the longest-serving women of color in the history of Congress. Succeeding her late husband, Representative George Washington Collins, after his death in 1972, Cardiss Collins continued his legacy as a loyal politician in the Chicago Democratic organization directed by Mayor Richard Daley. One ...
(Tom Allen/The Washington Post) Cardiss Collins, an Illinois Democrat who reluctantly filled her late husband’s seat in Congress in 1973 and over the next quarter-century became one of the most...
6 de feb. de 2013 · Cardiss Collins was the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress and a trailblazer for women and working people. She died of pneumonia complications in 2013, after serving for more than two decades in the House.
