Comments on: Shirley Chisholm: R.I.P.

Shirley Chisholm: R.I.P.

spock — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:01:54 -0800

Shirley Chisholm: R.I.P.. One wonders how much different America might be today had she been elected President in 1972 rather than Tricky Dick. (All 500+ sources from Google News)

By: kamylyon

kamylyon — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:15:30 -0800

"I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That's how I'd like to be remembered." That's how I remember one of my first, and still most revered, heros. She definitely had the guts.

By: trharlan

trharlan — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:18:56 -0800

One wonders how much different America might be today had she been elected President in 1972 rather than Tricky Dick. A better question would be whether a even liberal democrat like Chisholm could heve somehow outspent and outregulated a Socialist-in-Republican-clothing like Tricky Dick.

By: stifford

stifford — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:46:03 -0800

"Reagan was the Prez, but I voted for Shirley Chisholm" /bizmarkie

By: lilboo

lilboo — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:04:43 -0800

By: kalessin

kalessin — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:29:46 -0800

Quotes: Women's History at About.com Quotes page on BrainyQuote.com Quotes page on ThinkExist.com Quotes page on Bartleby.com (and press NEXT until 12290) A speech transcript: About the Equal Rights Amendment Beware popups. There is much overlap in quotations of hers between these sources. Regardless, my favorite is: "When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom profit that loses."

By: victors

victors — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:40:36 -0800

I remember when she said this: Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. I learned a hell of a lot from her. farewell.

By: kozad

kozad — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:12:25 -0800

My first gig (as a fifteen-year old) was in a rock trio at a Shirley Chisholm campaign stop at a Head Start preschool in St. Louis. 1968. Yeah, she was something else.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 11:42:41 -0800

Shirley Chisholm and Bob Matsui in one week. Sigh.

By: 1016

1016 — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:23:34 -0800

She gave a speech on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville, NJ during her 1972 campaign. Yes, I'm old enough to remember it. /graduated from Somerville High School in 1972. Actually visited Somerville this past week (moved out right after graduating.)

By: spock

spock — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:59:32 -0800

I doubt if I'm gonna find it at the local Blockbuster, but the 2004 documentary "Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed" looks great. (interview with the filmmaker). Bio and film review.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:22:04 -0800

By: kongg

kongg — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:53:05 -0800

I read a biography on her twice when I was in the fifth grade. Perhaps it was once or twice more than a white boy in Texas was expected to read the story of a black congresswoman from New York, but her story moved me. So moving, so strong - so fundamentally American.