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Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) was an American politician, diplomat, and legal scholar. She served as the 6th United States secretary of housing and urban development from 1977 to 1979 and as the 13th United States secretary of health and human services [a] from 1979 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter.
In 1980, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services, and its education functions and Rehabilitation Services Administration were transferred to the new United States Department of Education. [2] Patricia Roberts Harris headed the department before and after it was renamed. [3]
She was the chief of the organization's Psychiatric Nursing Education Branch. [9] Between 1979 and 1981, she was the first nurse, female, or African-American to serve as the deputy director of the NIMH. [8] [9] In 1979 she was appointed by Patricia Roberts Harris, secretary of Health and Human Services, to the position of deputy director. [5]
Carter was the first president to appoint a Black woman to the cabinet, tapping Patricia Roberts Harris to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Show comments Advertisement
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (August 24, 1925 – March 30, 2016) was an American attorney and judge who served as the first United States Secretary of Education from 1979 to 1981.
August 3 - Patricia Roberts Harris became the first woman and first person of color to serve multiple posts in a presidential cabinet; she appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Secretary of Health and Human Services serving under President Jimmy Carter. [191]
The sticker price for a college education can be quite shocking. In 2020-21, the cost of tuition and fees for a full-time student at a public four-year in-state school was $10,560, according to the...
Patricia Roberts Harris was the first Black woman to serve in the Cabinet; she was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Hazel R. O'Leary became the second Black woman to serve in the Cabinet during the Clinton administration as Secretary of Energy.