Rogers, Mary Beth. <br/><br/>
Barbara Jordan :  American hero / 
Mary Beth Rogers. 
 - New York :  Bantam Books,  2000, c1998. 
 - xviii, 414 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: 1998. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [394]-398) and index. 
<br/><br/> A portrait of the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the U.S. Congress details her rise from Houston's Fifth Ward to influential political leader, and her decision to become a teacher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0553380664 : PAP  $14.95 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (P), Attn: Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>BL 00004032 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jordan, Barbara, 1936- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress.  House --Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Afro-American women legislators--Biography.<br/>Legislators--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E840.8.J62  / R63 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>328.73/092