Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Yvonne_Brathwaite_Burke
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:University_of_Southern_California
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-10-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Autumn_Burke
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:California_State_Assembly
gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:notableAchievement first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from California
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:position Member of the Amtrak Board of Directors
gptkbp:represents gptkb:California's_37th_congressional_district
gptkbp:servedAs gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Supervisor
Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:William_A._Burke
gptkbp:termEnd 1979
gptkbp:termStart 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USC_Gould_School_of_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5