Collins, Cardiss, 1931-2013

LC control no.	n 2004022973
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Collins, Cardiss, 1931-2013 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Robertson, Cardiss Hortense, 1931-2013
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Illinois
Birth date	19310924
Death date	20130203
Place of birth	Saint Louis (Mo.)
Place of death	Arlington (Va.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	National Visionary Leadership Project oral history, 2003-05-02: (Cardiss Collins; interviewee, National Visionary Leadership Project, b. Sept. 24, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, attended Northwestern Univ., congresswoman) Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress web site, Sept. 21, 2010: (Cardiss Collins, Representative from Illinois, born Cardiss Hortense Robertson, b. Sept. 24, 1931) New York times WWW site, Feb. 8, 2013 (in obituary published Feb. 7: Cardiss Collins; b. Cardiss Hortense Robertson, Sept. 24, 1931, St. Louis; m. George W. Collins, 1958 (d. 1972); d. Sunday [Feb. 3, 2013], Arlington, Va., aged 81; 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 nearly 25 years (1973-1997) as a voice for racial and gender equality and expanded health care for the poor) African American National Biography, accessed December 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Collins, Cardiss Robertson; Cardiss Hortense Robertson; U.S. Representative; born 24 September 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; business certificate and professional accounting diploma from Northwestern University (1966, 1967); first African American woman to represent Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives, elected twelve times for the 7th District of Illinois (1973-1997); chaired the Congressional Black Caucus (1979-1981); Ranking Democrat on the full committee, first woman and first African American to become a Democratic Whip-at-Large (1995-1997); honors include induction into the Women's Sports Hall of Fame (1994); died 03 February 2013 in Arlington, Virginia, United States)
Associated language	eng