Azie Taylor Morton

Azie Taylor Morton (born February 1, 1936 in Dale , Texas , † December 7, 2003 in Bastrop County , Texas) was Treasurer of the United States from September 12, 1977 to January 20, 1981 . She belonged to the Democratic Party .

Career

Morton graduated from Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas. She was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha fraternity . She found her first job as a teacher at a school for delinquent girls. She sat in the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity of US President John F. Kennedy . Then between 1972 and 1976 she was Special Assistant to Robert Schwarz Strauss , then chairman of the Democratic National Committee . US President Jimmy Carter named her Treasurer of the United States in 1977, a post she held until 1981. She was an election observer in the presidential elections in Haiti , Senegal and the Dominican Republic ; a member of the American delegation in Rome ( Italy ) at the enthronement of John Paul II , led a People to People mission in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China ; and was a member of the first African / African American Conference to be held in Africa . On December 6, 2003, Morton suffered a stroke at her Bastrop County home, where she died the following day.

family

Azie Taylor married James Homer Morton on May 29, 1965. The couple had two daughters together.

Individual evidence

^ Women in Government: A Slim Past, But a Strong Future ". Ebony : 89-92, 96-98 Aug 1977.

Web links

The United States Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing - African Americans on Currency ( Memento from May 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Morton, Azie Taylor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Taylor, Azie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American government official
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dale , Texas
DATE OF DEATH	December 7, 2003
Place of death	Bastrop County , Texas

[1] Women in Government: A Slim Past, But a Strong Future ". Ebony : 89-92, 96-98 Aug 1977.