A Woman to Know: Shirley Chisholm
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost in society just because that talent wears a skirt. — Shirley
(image via Library of Congress)
Reasons to raise a glass to Shirley Chisholm today:
As the first black woman to run for president (in 1972), she paved the way for Hillary and Barack.
She was the first black woman elected to Congress (in 1968).
Quotes like this: "I have no intention of just sitting quietly and observing."
Every staffer in her Congressional office was a lady.
Her presidential campaign slogan was simple, sleek and oh-so-Shirley: "Unbought and Unbossed."
Add to your reading list:
Unbought and Unbossed (Shirley Chisolm)
The Good Fight (Shirley Chisholm)
The Highest Glass Ceiling (Ellen Fitzpatrick)
Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: What It Will Take a Woman to Win (Anne E. Kornblut)
Read more:
Shirley Chisholm, "Unbossed" Pioneer in Congress (The New York Times)
Speech on the Equal Rights Amendment (Shirley Chisholm)
Donna Edwards: Why Government Needs More Diversity (Cosmopolitan)
When Shirley Chisholm ran for president, few would say "I'm With Her" (Smithsonian)
Shirley Chishom broke ground before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (San Antonio Express)
Shirley Anita Chisholm (The National Women's History Museum)
Shirley Chisholm made the Democratic Party of today possible (The Nation)
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to run for president (Vox)
Oral History (National Visionary Leadership Project)
Watch more:
Chisholm '72 (PBS)
Thank you to Vanessa Williams for recommending today's woman to know! Vanessa edited my very first writing assignments at The Washington Post, and for that I am forever grateful. <3
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