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| Plot Summary of Barbara Jordan: Breaking the Barriers |
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"Ann Fears Crawford was an astute observer of Texas's political life, who would always remember the first time she saw Barbara Jordan. Her biography of Jordan starts with Jordan's childhood in the Fifth Ward in Houston. Jordan went to college and law school. For a time, she had her own law practice. She campaigned on behalf of LBJ in 1960. She lost her own races to the House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964, but was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1966. She became the first black Southern woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970. By 1973, she was confined to a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis. I remember her delivering the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. This book follows Jordan up through her retirement in 1979, her teaching career at the public affairs school at the University of Texas at Austin and ends with her death in 1996. Crawford never discusses Jordan's life as a lesbian. "
Ann Gaines, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- minorities fighting for rights
- affirmative action
job/profession:
- politician
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Politician story?
- Politician trying to reform
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age:
- 60's-90's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Black
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 (a little)
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- challenged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 11-14
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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