- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBarbara Charline Jordan
- Nickname
- B.J.
- Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas, USA. She died on January 17, 1996 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- RelativesRosemary McGowan(Sibling)
- Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1990.
- She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994.
- She was a Texas state senator (the first African-American since 1883) during the late sixties and early seventies (eventually becoming president pro tempore).
- Noted for her oratorical skills.
- She became famous during the Watergate hearings in 1974.
- "My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." (spoken while as a member of the House Judiciary Committee in 1974).
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