Friday, March 31, 2006

Women's History Month, Barbara Jordan

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, head-and-shoulders portrait, possibly seated in a Congressional chamber, REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-U9-32512-12, TITLE: [Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, head-and-shoulders portrait, possibly seated in a Congressional chamber] / [TOH]. CALL NUMBER: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 32512, frame 12 [P and P],
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-U9-32512-12 (b and w film neg.), LC-DIG-ppmsc-01268 (digital file from original negative), No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 negative : film. CREATED, PUBLISHED: 1976 Apr. 7. CREATOR: O'Halloran, Thomas J., photographer.

NOTES: Title devised by Library staff. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes. Contact sheet NOS 10-27-03

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, DIGITAL ID: (original) ppmsc 01268, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ , CARD #: 2003688128

MARC Record Line 540 - No known restrictions on publication

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-U9-32512-12]

Barbara Jordan, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas. She served as a member of Congress from 1973 to 1979.

Jordan was born in Houston, Texas's Fifth Ward. Jordan attended Wheatley High School and graduated magna cum laude 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.

Jordan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. It was only one of many honors given her, including election into both the Texas and National Women's Hall of Fame. On January 19, 1996, Jordan lay in state at the LBJ Library on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. She was buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, and was the first black woman interred there.

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