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Barbara Jordan
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Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan was the first African-American to be elected the the US House of Representatives.
Barbara Jordan was the first Black Congresswoman to be elected from the South. She was elected to office in 1976.
She was the first African American woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
Barbara Jordan served as a congresswoman from 1972-1979. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 as the first African-American congresswoman from the South to be elected.
The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
Barbara Jordan (Texas). Retired in 1978
While not the first black woman elected to Congress, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman from the deep south to be elected to Congress. She represented Texas in the House of Representatives.
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman elected to Congress from the south. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 18th district of Texas in 1973.
Barbara Jordan never married.