Oral history transcript, Barbara Jordan, interview S-I, 2/5/1985, by Elizabeth Carpenter

Biographical information; how the U.S. government can help people despite its budgetary constraints; politics interfering with Congress doing what is best for the people; why Jordan left Congress and her future interest in politics; Jordan's career as a professor; Jordan's involvement in Congress during Watergate and the Nixon impeachment hearings; Jordan's sense of optimism; the large quantity of money that is necessary to run for political office; women in politics; Jesse Jackson's political career; the Equal Rights Amendment; the issue of abortion; checks and balances and separation of powers; the role of government as defined by Democrats and Republicans; the role of humanity in weapons-building; Jordan's beliefs regarding the afterlife.