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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Texas JORDAN, Barbara Charline(1936—1996)JORDAN, Barbara Charline, a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 21, 1936; educated in the public schools of Houston, Tex.; graduated, Phillis Wheatley High School, 1952; B.A., Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex., 1956; LL.B., Boston University School of Law, Boston Mass., 1959; admitted to the Massachusetts and Texas bars in 1959 and commenced practice in Houston, Tex., 1960; elected to the Texas senate, 1967; reelected and served until 1972; administrative assistant to county judge, Harris County, Tex., 1966; delegate to Texas State Democratic conventions, 1967, 1969; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third, Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin, professor, 1979-1982, and Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chairman in National Policy, 1982-1986; chair, Commission on Immigration Reform; was a resident of Austin, Tex., until her death there on January 17, 1996; interment in Texas State Cemetery. Aghahowa, Brenda Eatman. “Grace Under Fire: The Rhetoric of Watergate and Patriotism, Barbara Jordan Style (Texas).” Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004. ”Barbara Charline Jordan” in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989 . Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991. “Barbara Charline Jordan” in Women in Congress, 1917-1990. Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991. Bryant, Ira Babington. Barbara Charline Jordan: From the Ghetto to the Capital. Houston: D. Armstrong, 1977. Canas, Kathryn Anne. “Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, and Lani Guinier: Crafting Identification Through the Rhetorical Interbraiding of Value.” Ph.D. diss., The University of Utah, 2002. Fenno, Richard F. Going Home: Black Representatives and Their Constituents . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Green, Robert L. Barbara Jordan: Daring Black Leader. Milwaukee: Franklin, 1974. Haskins, James. Barbara Jordan. New York: Dial Press, 1977. Holmes, Barbara Ann. “Barbara Jordan’s Speeches, 1974-1995: Ethics, Public Religion and Jurisprudence.” Ph.D. diss., Vanderbilt University, 1998. Horwitz, Linda Diane. “Transforming Appearance into Rhetorical Argument: Rhetorical Criticism of Public Speeches of Barbara Jordan, Lucy Parsons, and Angela Y. Davis.” Ph.D. diss., Northwestern University, 1998. Jacobs, Linda. Barbara Jordan: Keeping Faith. St. Paul: EMC Corp., 1978. Jordan, Barbara, and Shelby Hearon. Barbara Jordan: A Self-Portrait. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. Kelin, Norman, and Sabra-Anne Kelin. Barbara Jordan. Los Angeles: Melrose Square Publishing Company, 1993. Kirk, Rita G. “Barbara Jordan: The Rise of a Black Woman Politician.” M.A. thesis, University of Arkansas, 1978. Rogers, Mary Beth. Barbara Jordan: American Hero. New York: Bantam Books, 1998. Thompson, Wayne N. “Barbara Jordan’s Keynote Address: The Juxtaposition of Contradictory Values.” Southern Speech Communication Journal 44 (Spring 1979): 223-32. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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