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Mendelsohn, James

Barbara Jordan: Getting Things Done

192 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-7613-1467-9 $$23.00
(4) YA In 1972 Barbara Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas, the first black woman from the South to gain that office. This admiring biography, though pedestrian when describing her childhood and the background of segregation, picks up when delving into her later political life. The dreary book design is enlivened by black-and-white photos. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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