![]() She was a co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971, and in 1977 became the first Black woman and second woman ever to serve on the powerful House Rules Committee. There, “Fighting Shirley” introduced more than 50 pieces of legislation and championed racial and gender equality, the plight of the poor, and ending the Vietnam War. By 1968 she has sought-and won-a seat in Congress. Ya’ll by 1964, Chisholm runs & becomes the second Black person in the New York State Legislature. The racial and gender inequality she witnessed/experienced leads her join local chapters of the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, the Urban League, as well as the Democratic Party club in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. ![]() By 1960, she was a consultant to the New York City Division of Day Care. ![]() Chisholm declined stating she that faced a “double handicap” as both Black and female.įrom there she works as a nursery school teacher, earns her masters from Columbia University in early childhood education. Winning prizes on the debate team at Brooklyn College & graduating cum laude in 1946 where professors encouraged her to consider a political career. The unfolding of her story that fuels my admiration of her & reminds me that the road we think we choose for ourselves is sometimes already preordained. ![]() “persisting in existence, not easily dispelled” Brooklyn’s own Shirley Chisholm personified the definition of tenacious: ![]()
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