Text of an acceptance speech given by Barbara Jordan, after receiving the Elizabeth Blackwell Award at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. In the speech, she mentions past recipients of the award and their legacies, as well as the importance of education in American society.
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Text of an acceptance speech given by Barbara Jordan, after receiving the Elizabeth Blackwell Award at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. In the speech, she mentions past recipients of the award and their legacies, as well as the importance of education in American society.
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The Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Photographs from the Barbara C. Jordan Archives. Barbara Jordan ran for the Texas House twice (1962, 1964). She won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first African American since Reconstruction to do so.
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Jordan, Barbara C.Barbara Jordan - Elizabeth Blackwell Award - Hobart and William Smith Colleges,
text,
September 24, 1993;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611476/:
accessed July 10, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Texas Southern University.