She has a host of firsts:
She was the first national executive of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
She was a Phi Beta Kappa and became the youngest member of the board of directors of Georgetown University.
In 1964, Harris became the first black woman ambassador when President Lyndon Johnson named her ambassador to Luxembourg.
During her tenure at HUD, she created and enacted the first National Urban Policy.
She achieved many firsts, among them:
the first black female cabinet member,
first black female ambassador,
first black to serve in the United Nations,
first black female on major corporate boards,
first black female to chair a national political party committee,
first black female to participate in a presidential nomination,
first female to serve as dean of a law school,
and first black, and only woman to serve in three cabinet level positions.
A United States commemorative stamp was issued in honor as part of the Black Heritage Series.
Kudos Soror Patricia who was born on May 31, 1924. She passed away on March 23, 1985.
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