N The text calls Barbara C. Jordan a "leading presence in Democratic Party
politics." Give two examples that prove Jordan was an important member of
her political party.

She won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first African-American state senator since 1883 and the first black woman to serve in that body.

Jordan quickly earned a reputation as an effective legislator who pushed through bills establishing the state's first minimum wage law, anti-discrimination clauses in business contracts, and the Texas Fair Employment Practices Commission.