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History of Barbara Jordan  Barbara Jordan was the first African American representative to be elected to the ... in the Texas House of Representatives in 1966, and she became the first African ... of the Texas Senate in 1972, becoming the first African-American woman to...
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Barbara Jordan - Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative ...  Jul 8, 2014 ... She grew up in a poor black neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... In 1966, Jordan finally won a seat in the Texas legislature, becoming the first black ... In 1972, her fellow lawmakers voted her in as president pro tempore of the state senate. Jordan became the first African American woman to hold this post.
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Barbara Jordan - Wikipedia  Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936  January 17, 1996) was a lawyer, educator, an American politician, and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate ... She was the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
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Women of the CBC > Barbara Jordan Biography  Jordan's political involvement began in 1960 when she became active in the ... woman to be elected to the Texas State Senate where she served from 1966-1972. ... She was the first African-American person to represent Texas and the first...
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ahead of her time - HeinOnline  Not only was she the first woman to travel with the TSU debate team, but she also ... 1962 and 1964, Barbara Jordan was elected into the Texas Senate in 1966. At that time, she was the first Black person elected to the Senate since 1883. ... Representatives, where she became the first Black Texan in the U.S. Congress. As.
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Senate Women Face A Different Environment In 1998 - July 7, 1998  Jul 7, 1998 ... The pitch is a part of her own tough Senate re-election bid in the nation's ... As the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Moseley-Braun may ... Her GOP opponent Peter Fitzgerald has wasted no time spotlighting those issues. ... For her part, Murray says she is not worried about winning or losing her...
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Barbara Jordan Dies at 59; Her Voice Stirred the Nation - The New ...  Jan 18, 1996 ... Ms. Jordan was one of American politics' pioneer black women. In 1966, she was elected as the first black state Senator in Texas, and went on to be the first woman and ... His widow, Lady Bird Johnson, led Texans in mourning their native daughter. ... "But so was everyone around us, so we did not notice it.
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Dallas Is First Big Texas City To Elect a Black to Be Mayor ...  ... poorest neighborhoods, 40-year-old Ron Kirk will become the first black mayor of a major Texas city. ... Ann W. Richards, won Saturday's election in Dallas in a surprisingly commanding fashion, piling up nearly ... Published: May 8, 1995.
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First elected female senator - Jan 12, 1932 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, First elected female senator on Jan 12, 1932. ... Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, becomes the first woman to be elected .... four-wheel vehicle, dubbed the 999, with a wooden chassis but no body or...
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First Woman Elected to the United States Senate - National Archives ...  Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, election letter from ... Caraway was elected to her first full term to the U. S. Senate on November 8, 1932. ... from Arkansas, Governor Harvey Parnell appointed Caraway's widow, Hattie ... to the United States Senate, she was not the first woman to serve in the body.
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The Senate & Senators Flashcards | Quizlet  A 2006 inductee, this former Kansas senator & presidential candidate helped ..... Prior to the 2000 elections, Wolf hosted a town hall meeting with this First Lady ... the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, represented this...
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United States Senate elections, 1992 - Wikipedia  The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate that coincided with the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election. Despite the presidential victory, Democrats did not gain any seats in the ... Democrat Carol Moseley Braun (IL), became the first African-American woman to serve in...
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Hattie Caraway - The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture  Nov 25, 2014 ... Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was the first woman elected to the U.S. ... On May 9, 1932, she became the first woman to preside over the...
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MOSELEY BRAUN, Carol | US House of Representatives: History ...  The first AfricanAmerican woman Senator, Carol MoseleyBraun was also only the ... In 1978, she won election to the Illinois state house of representatives,...
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Blanco wins, prepares to take office in 2004 - Piney Woods Journal  Blanco wins, prepares to take office in 2004 ... Kathleen Babineaux Blanco became not only the first woman elected Governor of Louisiana but also the first...
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Barbara Jordan - Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative ...  Jul 8, 2014 ... She grew up in a poor black neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... She did not receive a warm welcome from her new colleagues initially, but she ... Jordan became the first African American woman to hold this post. ... Some thought that she might have gone farther in her political career, but it was later...
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Women in the United States Senate - Wikipedia  There have been 46 women in the United States Senate since the establishment of that body in 1789. The first woman senator, Rebecca Felton, served in 1922 (for a single day), but the first woman elected to the Senate was Hattie Caraway in 1932. ... Of the 20 female senators now serving, 14 are Democrats and 6 are...
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Free Flashcards about FIRSTS - StudyStack  A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM 1940 TO 1973, THIS DOWN EASTER WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE IN THE HOUSE & SENATE, MARGARET...
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African American Firsts - RAB.com  The first black female U.S. Representative was. Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from New York, 19691983.  U.S. Senator: ... Edward Brooke became the first African-American ... She graduated from ... African-American Firsts: Literature ... Pulitzer Prize winner: Gwendolyn Brooks, 1950, won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry.
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(1963) Robert C. Weaver, "The Negro as an American" | The Black ...  In 1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first African American to hold a cabinet post when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him Secretary of the new...
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Miss America 1971 - Revolvy  Miss Texas 1970, Phyllis George , was crowned Miss America 1971. ... The NFL Today , as well as the First Lady of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983. ... and Miss Texas 1970 (George's replacement after she became Miss America), Belinda Myrick. ... the Miss America 2008 pageant Brenda Strong, Miss Arizona 1980 at the Miss...