Barbara jordan?
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politican from Texas. She served as a Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Jordan was born in Houston’s Fifth Ward. Her parents were Rev. Benjamin M. Jordan and Arlyne (Patten) Jordan. Barbara Jordan attended Wheatley High School and graduated from Texas Southern University in 1956 and from Boston University Law School in 1959. She passed the Bar Exams in Massachusetts and Texas before returning to Houston to open a law practice. Active in the Kennedy-Johnson presidential campaign of 1960, Jordan wanted to be a part of change. She unsuccessfully ran for the Texas House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964. Her persistence won her a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first African American state senator since 1883 and the first black woman to serve in that body. Reelected to a full term in the Texas Senate in 1968, she served until 1972. She was the first A
