Trailblazing U.S. Congressmember Eddie Bernice Johnson has died at the age of 88. In 1972, Johnson was elected to the Texas House of Representatives by a landslide, becoming the first Black woman from Dallas to win elected office. She also served in the Texas Senate before winning a seat in the U.S. House in 1992, where she served for three decades before retiring in 2022. Eddie Bernice Johnson was a pioneer in many fields, including the first registered nurse elected to Congress, the first African American to represent Dallas in Congress and the first woman and first African American to chair the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.