Alexis Herman
| Alexis Herman | |
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| 23rd United States Secretary of Labor | |
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In office May 1, 1997 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Robert Reich |
| Succeeded by | Elaine Chao |
| Director of the Office of Public Liaison | |
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In office January 20, 1993 – February 7, 1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Cecile Kremer |
| Succeeded by | Maria Echaveste |
| Director of the Women's Bureau | |
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In office 1977–1981 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Carmen Rosa Maymi |
| Succeeded by | Lenora Cole Alexander |
| Personal details | |
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Alexis Margaret Herman July 16, 1947 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Franklin |
| Education |
Edgewood College Spring Hill College Xavier University, Louisiana (BA) |
Alexis Margaret Herman (born July 16, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor, serving under President Bill Clinton. Prior to her appointment, she was Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Herman was born on July 16, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of politician Alex Herman and schoolteacher Gloria Caponis. She grew up in a Catholic home in Mobile and earned her high school diploma in 1965 from the Heart of Mary High School. She briefly attended Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, and Spring Hill College in Mobile, but transferred to Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, where she became an active member of the Gamma Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1969.
Herman was Queen of Carnival for the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (Mobile's African-American Mardi Gras umbrella organization) in 1974. Her Carnival king, Douglas Wicks, would go on to become the first African-American elected to the Mobile County Commission since Reconstruction.
After college, Herman worked for Catholic Charities and other agencies, advocating for minority women employment. Jimmy Carter met the young Herman while campaigning in Atlanta, Georgia and, after winning the White House in 1977, asked her to be Director of the Labor Department's Women's Bureau. At age 29, she was the youngest person to ever serve in that position.
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