[DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan - Wikipedia [PAR] 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. [DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan - Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative ... [PAR] Jul 8, 2014 ... She grew up in a poor black neighborhood in Houston, Texas. ... She did not 
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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... [DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan Dies at 59; Her Voice Stirred the Nation - The New ... [PAR] 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. [DOC] [TLE] Barbara C. Jordan - Black History - HISTORY.com [PAR] She was the first black woman elected to the Texas state senate and the first 
black Texan in Congress. ... There Jordan joined the debate team and helped 
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contact us! [DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan (American congressional representative) facts ... [PAR] ... were poor, their lot was not very different from that of other African Americans in 
the ... She was not sure what she wanted to do, but she knew she wanted to 
achieve ... She was the first African American woman ever to be elected to the 
Texas ... In 1972, after six years in the Texas Senate, where she sponsored 
important... [DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan - Women on 20s [PAR] Most notably, she was the first African American US congresswoman to come 
from the ... There had not been a black Texas state senator since 1883. ... but it 
took her three tries to make history, when she was elected to the Texas State 
Senate... [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopdia Britannica's Guide to Women's History [PAR] She was the first African American congresswoman to come from the South. ... 
Alabama and taught there for one year before returning to Texas and gaining 
admittance ... but she was elected in 1966 to the Texas Senate, the first African 
American ... Although she acquired a reputation as an effective legislator, Jordan 
did not... [DOC] [TLE] Barbara Jordan | American politician and educator | Britannica.com [PAR] Oct 4, 2016 ... She was the first African American congresswoman to come from the. ... for one 
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was elected in 1966 to the Texas Senate, the first African American ... Although 
she acquired a reputation as an effective legislator, Jordan did not... [DOC] [TLE] History of Barbara Jordan [PAR] Barbara Jordan was the first African American representative to be elected to ... 
Texas House of Representatives in 1966, and she became the first African 
American person since 1883 to serve in the Texas Senate. ... In December 1977, 
Jordan announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection the following 
year. [DOC] [TLE] JORDAN, Barbara Charline | US House of Representatives: History ... [PAR] As one of the first African Americans elected from the Deep South since 1898 and 
... of representatives but lost both times, so in 1966 she ran for the Texas senate 
... I am neither a black politician nor a woman politician, Jordan said in 1975. ... 
In conclusion, Jordan said that if her fellow committee members did not find the... [DOC] [TLE] 1958 Hattie Mae White, mother of five is the first black woman in ... [PAR]

Question: She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there
Answer: Barbara Jordan