#3371 - 33¢ Patricia Roberts Harris

The daughter of a teacher and a Pullman car waiter, Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) was the first black woman to serve as an American ambassador when Lyndon Johnson appointed her ambassador to Luxembourg in 1965. In 1977 President Jimmy Carter named her Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and in 1979 Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Scott 3371 Patricia Roberts Harris

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