Collins, Cardiss, 1931-2013

found: 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)

found: 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)

found: 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)

found: 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)