The 93rd Congress and Health Care (open access)

The 93rd Congress and Health Care

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan to Physicians in Houston, Texas. In it, she discusses National Health Insurance, child health care, and maternity care in the United States.
Date: August 3, 1979
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life's Moral Possibilities: Commencement Address to Baylor College of Medicine (open access)

Life's Moral Possibilities: Commencement Address to Baylor College of Medicine

Text for a commencement address given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Included is a Library of Congress Congressional Research Service cover page, with Charles H. Whittier's name and title (Analyst, History and Public Affairs, Government and General Research Division) listed at the bottom of the page.
Date: August 29, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C. & Whittier, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Foley's Conference on Women in Careers (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Foley's Conference on Women in Careers

Text of speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Foley's Conference on Women in Careers in Houston, Texas, about career-women in America.
Date: August 22, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer (open access)

The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer

Speech associated with the National Bar Association in Houston Texas, entitled "The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer." The body of the text is crossed out with a hand-drawn "X."
Date: August 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ben Barnes to Barbara C. Jordan, August 1, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Ben Barnes to Barbara C. Jordan, August 1, 1967]

Photocopy of a letter from Ben Barnes to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for meeting with him in Houston. A handwritten note on the copy says "Original document in Ben Barnes Papers."
Date: August 1, 1967
Creator: Barnes, Ben
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. David Letson to Barbara Jordan, August 8, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. David Letson to Barbara Jordan, August 8, 1968]

Letter from Mr. and Mrs. David Letson to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her on behalf of the Mariners Club of Webster Presbyterian church for accepting their invitation to attend a dinner meeting. Also included in the letter is information about the event.
Date: August 8, 1968
Creator: Letson, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Patricia Rice to Barbara C. Jordan, August 8, 1968] (open access)

[Telegram from Patricia Rice to Barbara C. Jordan, August 8, 1968]

Telegram from Patricia Rice to Barbara C. Jordan giving her information about an upcoming convention planning meeting.
Date: August 8, 1968
Creator: Rice, Patricia
System: The Portal to Texas History