Member, United States House of Representatives

From Carson, CA; born in Birmingham, AL, September 7, 1938; education: graduated from University of Redlands, CA; graduate work at California State University-Long Beach and University of Southern California; professional: teacher, director of gender equity programs; coordinator of Career Education, Los Angeles Unified School District; member, California State Assembly, 1992-96, serving as California's representative, Education Commission of the States (executive committee), and vice chair, Commerce Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures; first woman chair, Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee, 1995-96; first woman chair, Assembly Insurance Committee, 1994; first woman vice chair, Assembly Governmental Organization Committee, 1993; mayor pro tempore, Carson City Council, 1991-92; member, Carson City Council, 1990; life member, NAACP; member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; board of directors, Southern California SCLC; board of trustees, Second Baptist Church; serves on the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future; married since 1955 to James McDonald, Jr.; children: Valerie, Angela, Sherryll, and Keith; committees: ranking member, House Administration; Small Business; Transportation and Infrastructure; Joint Committee on the Library of Congress; ranking member, Joint Committee on Printing; elected to the 104th Congress in a special election; reelected to each succeeding Congress.