There have been many first ladies of Texas over the years. As of July 2014, the first lady of Texas is Anita Perry.
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.
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Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate. Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve as a Texas syate senate.
That was Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois. She won the senatorial election in November 1992 and became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate. (There had already been a black woman elected to the House of Representatives-- Shirley Chisholm of New York, who was elected in 1968.)
the first woman to be a senator was Rebecca Latimer of Georgia from 1992-1945
Carol Moseley Braun (Check Wikipedia for specifics)