Katie Hall, American educator and politician (born 1938)

Katie Hall (American politician)

American politician (1938–2012)

Katie Beatrice Hall was an American educator in Gary, Indiana, and a politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985. When Hall was sworn into federal office on November 2, 1982, she became the first black woman from Indiana elected to the U.S.…