a lover with a mouthful of affirmations dedicated specifically to who you are and who you’re becoming, a lover who keeps you in prayer even when you’re unaware of their private conversations with god, a lover who practices a deeper kind of intimacy by protecting you spiritually.
Fully convinced I would be a helicopter parent. The way I need to know my sister's every move, just to make sure she's ok. Although, I really love my own space, so she gets hers. BALANCE.
All my sister has to do is breathe, and I am head over heels gassed for her. She is literally my favourite. She's soo wonderful and adorable. My star baby😍🤩😊
Shirley Chisholm was a politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the 1st Black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York's 12th congressional district for 7 terms from 1969 to 1983.
In the 1972 United States presidential election, she became the 1st African-American candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the 1st woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
CAREER:
Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, she studied and worked in early childhood education, becoming involved in local Democratic party politics in the 1950s.
In 1964, overcoming some resistance because she was a woman, she was elected to the New York State Assembly.
Four years later she was elected to Congress, where she led expansion of food and nutrition programs for the poor and rose to party leadership.
She retired from Congress in 1983 and taught at Mt Holyoke College, while continuing her political organizing.
Although nominated for an ambassadorship in 1993, health issues caused her to withdraw.
In 2015, Chisholm was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
LEGACY:
✊🏿In 1984, The National Black Women's Political Caucus was established during the vice presidential campaign of Geraldine Ferraro. African American women from various political organizations convened to set forth a political agenda emphasizing the needs of women of African descent. Chisholm was chosen as its first chair.
✊🏿In February 2005, Shirley Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed, a documentary film, aired on U.S public television. It chronicled Chisholm's 1972 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. It was directed and produced by independent African-American filmmaker Shola Lynch. The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004. On April 9, 2006, the film was announced as a winner of a Peabody Award.
✊🏿In 2014, the first adult biography of Chisholm was published, Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change, by Brooklyn College history professor Barbara Winslow.