Jordan, Carolyn 2023-03-16
Carolyn Jordan outlines her life after leaving the city council and her failed campaign for the state legislature. She discusses law school and practicing law in Lubbock before moving back to California to take care of her parents and sister. She taught high school math and later a law class in California for nearly twenty years. Jordan also attended seminary at Claremont School of Theology and after retirement was an associate pastor for a few churches after returning to Lubbock in the early 2000s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Carolyn Jordan
Additional Parties Recorded: Beth Staley
Date: March 16, 2023
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 00:48:19
Abstract
Introduction and Texas’ political parties in the 1980s; being a Democrat; getting her law degree; Practicing law; having a law office in downtown Lubbock; Returning to California and teaching at a high school; Creating and teaching a law class to high school students; Stories about her sister; Being active in the church and attending seminary school; Reflecting on September 11, 2001; Moving back to Lubbock and becoming a church pastor; Closing remarks and reflections
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/373725>
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