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Author:

Mendelsohn, James.

Title:

Barbara Jordan : getting things done / James Mendelsohn.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jordan, Barbara,--1936-1996--Juvenile literature.
Legislators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women legislators--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--House--House--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women legislators--Texas--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Texas--Politics and government--1951---Juvenile literature.
Jordan, Barbara,--1936-1996.
Legislators.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-188) and index.

Contents:

ch. 11. Index. ch. 2. Into history -- ch. 3. Three bicycles and a bed -- ch. 4. A spirited girl -- ch. 5. Gaining direction -- ch. 6. To Boston and back -- ch. 7. A politician is born -- ch. 8. Among the good old boys -- ch. 9. New friends in high places -- ch. 10. Of Washington D.C. and Watergate -- ch. 11. In and out of the national limelight -- Afterword -- Source notes -- Bibliography and web sites -- Index.

ISBN:

9780761314677 (lib. bdg.)
0761314679 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN:

00057776

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)