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Juanita Millender-McDonald (September 7, 1938 – April 22, 2007) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing California's 37th congressional district, which includes most of South Central Los Angeles and the city of Long Beach, California.
Apr 23, 2007 · WASHINGTON, April 22 (AP) — Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald, Democrat of California, died late Saturday in Carson, Calif. She was 68. The cause was cancer, her chief of staff, Bandele...
Dec 18, 2007 · Throughout much of the first decade of the 21st Century Millender-McDonald was named one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony magazine. Juanita Millender-McDonald died of cancer on April 21, 2007. She is survived by her husband James and five adult children.
Millender-McDonald, Juanita. 1938-2007. Congresswoman. Even from her beginnings as a teacher, Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald fought for others. She wrote a textbook that exposed female students to non-traditional careers. She was an advocate for educational and women's issues.
Apr 23, 2007 · Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, a Democrat whose House district encompassed Compton, Carson, much of Long Beach and parts of South Los Angeles, died of cancer Sunday. She was 68 and had served...
A trailblazing lawmaker, Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.), the first African-American chairwoman of the House Committee on House Administration, died April 22, 2007, at the age of 68.
Juanita Millender-McDonald represented California in the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007. Millender-McDonald served as the chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, the first African American woman to chair a standing congressional panel.
