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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Barbara Jordan
Born: February 21, 1936
Died: January 17, 1996 (aged 59)
Bio: Barbara Charline Jordan was a lawyer, educator, an American politician, and a leader of the Civil Rights movement.
Known for:
- Barbara Jordan (1979)
- Barbara C. Jordan--selected Speeches
- A Sparrow Will Not Fall
- Legal Immigration: Setting Priorities (1996)
- Barbara Jordan, a Self-portrait
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