The Resume

(June 13, 1937- )
Born in Washington, District of Columbia
Birth name was Eleanor Katherine Holmes
First female chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC; 1977-81)
Delegate to Congress representing the District of Columbia (1991- )
Is allowed to speak on the floor of the House and to serve on and vote with committees but is not permitted to vote on final passage of bills
Democrat
Wrote the biography 'Fire in My Soul' (2003)

Why she might be annoying:

While first running for Delegate, she admitted she had not filed tax returns for the previous seven years.
She immediately blamed her husband for the mistake.
She supports greater rights for the District but played a key role in imposing a federal control borard that stripped DC Mayor Marion Barry of authority for city budgets.
After the Supreme Court overturned DC's handgun ban, she blamed the lawsuit on 'gun radicals.'

Why she might not be annoying:

While in law school, she helped organize the march on Washington (1963) and participated in the Mississippi Freedom Summer (1964).
As assistant legal director of the ACLU, she went to court to support segregationist George Wallace's right to hold a political rally at Shea Stadium (1968).
She issued the EEOC's first regulations concerning sexual harassment.
She supported Bill Cosby's campaign against irresponsibility and foul language.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 14]
• Civil Rights Activists
• Gun Control Activists
• I am an Episcopalian
• I Appeared in 'Colbert Report's' 'We'll Meet Again' Farewell Medley
• I Attended Yale
• I Posed For the NOH8 Campaign [Gay Rights]
• I Was a Speaker at the Democratic National Convention [2008]
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Profiles 23751-24000 (Ranked: 23811)
• Steven Colbert's Got to Better Know My District
• Tax Evaders
• Washingtonian's 100 Most Powerful Women in Washington D.C. [September 2001]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 37 Votes: 32.43% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 88.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 93 Votes: 55.91% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 154 Votes: 79.87% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 135 Votes: 85.93% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 194 Votes: 50.52% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 244 Votes: 63.93% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 204 Votes: 68.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 215 Votes: 80.47% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 298 Votes: 79.53% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 671 Votes: 67.81% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 166 Votes: 74.70% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 50.0% Annoying