Her voice in congress is greatly missed. IMHO, she would have made a great president. Today, 1972, Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to congress, opened her historic campaign for U.S. President in Brooklyn, New York. I proudly voted for her here in the Wisconsin primary. Chisolm was the oldest of four daughters of a factory laborer from Guyana and a seamstress from Barbados. She was an advocate of civil rights and women’s rights, and the minimum family income wage. She opposed wiretapping, domestic spying, and the Vietnam War. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who was a young activist in 1972, stated the following on the importance of Chisolm’s campaign: “Congresswoman Chisholm was a trailblazer, a champion of the poor and marginalized, and a role model to me and so many other women in politics, especially Black women.”
Re: Remembering a Great Lady
Posted by Les on 1/26/2024, 9:41 am, in reply to "Remembering a Great Lady" Edited by board administrator 2/2/2024, 5:38 pm
Great to hear from you, Maestro. I did see your post on Facebook, bro. But chalked the situation up to the dynamics of the society we live in. Shirley Chisholm, for example, faced a bunch of unnecessary crap not based on her qualities, but pressures from the larger framework of society.
Of course structural issues filter into every aspect of our lives. Maybe I’ll try to respond to your Facebook note in a less cryptic manner, lol.
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Her voice in congress is greatly missed. IMHO, she would have made a great president. Today, 1972, Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to congress, opened her historic campaign for U.S. President in Brooklyn, New York. I proudly voted for her here in the Wisconsin primary. Chisolm was the oldest of four daughters of a factory laborer from Guyana and a seamstress from Barbados. She was an advocate of civil rights and women’s rights, and the minimum family income wage. She opposed wiretapping, domestic spying, and the Vietnam War. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who was a young activist in 1972, stated the following on the importance of Chisolm’s campaign: “Congresswoman Chisholm was a trailblazer, a champion of the poor and marginalized, and a role model to me and so many other women in politics, especially Black women.”
Hi Les, hope you and your family are well in these trying times. Yes, the facebook audience is a bit different than the voices here- and that's a good thing. LOL!!! Also, hello to all your young students who might see this chunk of our history. I hope they enjoy every moment of their lives because it goes by quickly. It seems like just yesterday I was a college student handing out info on the brilliant Shirley Chisholm on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus.
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Great to hear from you, Maestro. I did see your post on Facebook, bro. But chalked the situation up to the dynamics of the society we live in. Shirley Chisholm, for example, faced a bunch of unnecessary grap not based on her qualities, but pressures from the larger framework of society.
Of course structural issues filter into every aspect of our lives. Maybe I’ll try to respond to your Facebook note in a less cryptic manner, lol.
Previous Message
Her voice in congress is greatly missed. IMHO, she would have made a great president. Today, 1972, Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to congress, opened her historic campaign for U.S. President in Brooklyn, New York. I proudly voted for her here in the Wisconsin primary. Chisolm was the oldest of four daughters of a factory laborer from Guyana and a seamstress from Barbados. She was an advocate of civil rights and women’s rights, and the minimum family income wage. She opposed wiretapping, domestic spying, and the Vietnam War. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who was a young activist in 1972, stated the following on the importance of Chisolm’s campaign: “Congresswoman Chisholm was a trailblazer, a champion of the poor and marginalized, and a role model to me and so many other women in politics, especially Black women.”