Four texts related to Barbara Jordan and Women's Day at Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church. The first document is the text of remarks given by Barbara Jordan before the Women's Day Committee regarding the role of Christianity in her life. The second document is a letter from Hyacinth Miller and Doris Baldwin of Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church in which Jordan is invited to speak about her faith. The third document concerns women's liberation through Christian faith. The four text is handwritten and concerns welfare.
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Four texts related to Barbara Jordan and Women's Day at Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church. The first document is the text of remarks given by Barbara Jordan before the Women's Day Committee regarding the role of Christianity in her life. The second document is a letter from Hyacinth Miller and Doris Baldwin of Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church in which Jordan is invited to speak about her faith. The third document concerns women's liberation through Christian faith. The four text is handwritten and concerns welfare.
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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, 1936-1996.[Texts Related to Barbara Jordan's Remarks Made to the Women's Day Committee, 1981],
text,
1981;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611496/:
accessed July 18, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Texas Southern University.