Few, if any Americans, are free of the psychological wounds imposed by racism and antifeminism. - Shirley Chisholm

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Few, if any Americans, are free of the psychological wounds imposed by racism and antifeminism.

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About Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (30 November 1924 – 1 January 2005) was an American politician, educator and author. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to Congress, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms until 1983. On January 23, 1972, she became the first African American candidate for a major party nomination for President of the United States, winning 162 delegates - the closest any woman had ever come to winning the nomination before Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 campaign.

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Birth Name: Shirley Anita St. Hill
Alternative Names: Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm
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Mr. Nixon had said things like this: "If our cities are to be livable for the next generation, we can delay no long. er in launching new approaches to the problems that beset them and to the tensions that tear them apart." And he said, "When you cut expenditures for education, what you are doing is shortchanging the American future.” But frankly. I have never cared too much what people say. What I am interested in is what they do.

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