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January 3, 2024

Eddie Bernice Johnson, Pioneering U.S. Congressmember from Dallas, Has Died at 88
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Trailblazing U.S. Congressmember Eddie Bernice Johnson has died at the
age of 88. In 1972, Johnson was elected to the Texas House of
Representatives by a landslide, becoming the first Black woman from
Dallas to win elected office. She also served in the Texas Senate before
winning a seat in the U.S. House in 1992, where she served for three
decades before retiring in 2022. Eddie Bernice Johnson was a pioneer in
many fields, including the first registered nurse elected to Congress,
the first African American to represent Dallas in Congress and the first
woman and first African American to chair the House Committee on
Science, Space and Technology.


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