What is Patricia Roberts Harris?
[[File:PatriciaHarris.jpg|right|thumb|Patricia Harris in her swearing-in ceremony (in 1965) to be the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg.]] '''Patricia Roberts Harris''' (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) served as [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]], the last [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]] and the first [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] in the administration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. She was the first [[African American]] woman to serve as a United States [[Ambassador]], representing the U.S. in [[Luxembourg]] under President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], and the first to enter the [[United States presidential line of succession|line of succession to the Presidency]]. {{USSecHEW}} {{USSecHHS}} {{USSecHUD}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Patricia Roberts}} [[Category:United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development]] [[Category:Politicians from Illinois]] [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]]