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Women and the Constitution: The Challenge

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the omission of women from the Constitution, how that has changed over the years, and contemporary issues facing the rights of women.

Date: February 11, 1988

Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

The Intellectual As Revolutionary

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan about the original American revolutionaries, creators of the Constitution, and their intentions for the government. She then applies the same revolutionary principles to the modern issue of education.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

Remarks by Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Tex) on the Floor of the House on April 18, 1973 on the Constitutional Crisis

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the House of Representatives about the Constitutional crisis surrounding election of a Democratic Congress with a Republican President.

Date: April 18, 1973

Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

[Handwritten Quotation of Thomas Jefferson]

Handwritten text of a quotation by Thomas Jefferson regarding changes societies and laws must make as time advances.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

Reflections on the Constitution

Article written by Barbara Jordan for The Houston Lawyer regarding

Date: July 14, 1987

Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas Southern University

[Barbara Jordan's Harvard Commencement Address, June 16th, 1977]

Handwritten text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan as the 1977 Harvard commencement address. She discusses the value and role of people in the political process.

Date: June 16, 1977

Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

Rights: Human / Constitutional

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at Temple Emanu El during the observation of Human Rights Day. She speaks regarding the United States Constitution and its evolving nature regarding human rights.

Date: December 7, 1975

Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

On the Erosion of Civil Liberties

Draft of speech discussing the Constitution and the various government encroachments to liberty that have occurred over the history of the United States.

Date: March 21, 1974

Creator: Nickerson, Lisa

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

On the Erosion of Civil Liberties

Text of speech discussing the Constitution and the various government encroachments to liberty that have occurred over the history of the United States.

Date: March 28, 1974

Creator: Nickerson, Lisa

Item Type: Text

Partner: Texas Southern University

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Women and the Constitution: The Challenge

The Intellectual As Revolutionary

Remarks by Representative Barbara Jordan (D-Tex) on the Floor of the House on April 18, 1973 on the Constitutional Crisis

[Handwritten Quotation of Thomas Jefferson]

Reflections on the Constitution

[Barbara Jordan's Harvard Commencement Address, June 16th, 1977]

Rights: Human / Constitutional

On the Erosion of Civil Liberties

On the Erosion of Civil Liberties