What is Barbara Jordan?
[[File:Rep. Barbara Jordan - Restoration.jpg|thumb]] '''Barbara Jordan''' (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]], educator and [[politician]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Barbara Jordan|publisher=Biography.com|url=https://www.biography.com/people/barbara-jordan-9357991|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> She was a leader of the [[Civil Rights Movement]]. She was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Jordan was the first [[African Americans|African-American]] female elected to the [[Texas Senate]] after [[Reconstruction of the United States|Reconstruction]]. She was also the first [[Southern United States|Southern]] African-American female elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Barbara Jordan Dies at 59|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/18/us/barbara-jordan-dies-at-59-her-voice-stirred-the-nation.html|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> She was best known for her opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearing during the [[impeachment]] process against [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jordan, Barbara|publisher=History, Art and Archives|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail?id=16031|access-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref> Jordan taught [[political science]] at the [[Tuskegee Institute]] in [[Alabama]] for a year. She later returned to Houston. She started a private law practice. Jordan got a [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], with many other honors. She was a member of the [[Peabody Award]]s' Board of Jurors from 1978 to 1980.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peabody Awards' Board Members|publisher=Peabody Awards|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/george-foster-peabody-awards-board-members|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101221151/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/george-foster-peabody-awards-board-members|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was the first African American female who was buried at the Texas State Cemet