“ You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” This is a quote stated by the great politician Shirley Chisholm. She is one of the most profound and admired women that challenged society not only as a woman, but a woman of color. She made many contributions to the women's movement and society. Shirley Anita St. Hill Born In Brooklyn, NYC on November 20th, 1924 to immigrant parents Charles St. Hill and Ruby Seale St. Hill,. In her earl childhood her parent sent her to Barbados to her grandmother where she earn most of her elementary education. Once returning to the Unites States Chisholm graduated from Girls High School and Brooklyn College and later earned a master's
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While working as an educator in Bedford-Stuyvesant area of NYC, she was active in the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and fought against racism, proving herself in the political arena. Chisholm joined a local Democratic club who worked to get rid of the white Democratic machine that held the power in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The group challenged the white leaders on why the black neighborhoods were being ignored. The leaders tried to quiet Chisholm by placing her on the board of directors and when she continued to speak out, they removed her from the post. This was an early lesson for Chisholm that people in political power did not like to be questioned! Chisholm was determined to end segregation. When she attended political clubs where community members met with the assemblyman and committee to discuss problems with the city. Shirley began to notice the differences in which the way white people and black people were treated. Shirley was not pleased at the way the council was treating the community and questioned the members. “I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.” Another quote by Shirley Chisholm. In 1964 she was elected to represent Bedford-Stuyvesant in the New York State Assembly being the second African–American woman to serve in Albany. She won and served in the New York general assembly from 1964 to1968. While serving on state assembly seat for two terms, during she proposed many bills, including one to raise funding for daycare and schools. In 1968 after finishing her term in the legislature, Chisholm’s campaigned to represent New York’s Twelfth Congressional District. A court–ordered redistricting that carved a new Brooklyn congressional district out of Chisholm's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood convinced her to run for Congress. Her campaign slogan was
While working as an educator in Bedford-Stuyvesant area of NYC, she was active in the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and fought against racism, proving herself in the political arena. Chisholm joined a local Democratic club who worked to get rid of the white Democratic machine that held the power in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The group challenged the white leaders on why the black neighborhoods were being ignored. The leaders tried to quiet Chisholm by placing her on the board of directors and when she continued to speak out, they removed her from the post. This was an early lesson for Chisholm that people in political power did not like to be questioned! Chisholm was determined to end segregation. When she attended political clubs where community members met with the assemblyman and committee to discuss problems with the city. Shirley began to notice the differences in which the way white people and black people were treated. Shirley was not pleased at the way the council was treating the community and questioned the members. “I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential.” Another quote by Shirley Chisholm. In 1964 she was elected to represent Bedford-Stuyvesant in the New York State Assembly being the second African–American woman to serve in Albany. She won and served in the New York general assembly from 1964 to1968. While serving on state assembly seat for two terms, during she proposed many bills, including one to raise funding for daycare and schools. In 1968 after finishing her term in the legislature, Chisholm’s campaigned to represent New York’s Twelfth Congressional District. A court–ordered redistricting that carved a new Brooklyn congressional district out of Chisholm's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood convinced her to run for Congress. Her campaign slogan was