Shirley Chisolm by Seymour, Alexandra (DCPS) https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6 Important Event and Life Information en-us 2021-12-02 13:23:00 UTC 2021-12-02 13:47:18 UTC hello@padlet.com She was the oldest of four daughters of Charles St. Hill, a factory laborer from Guyana, and Ruby Seale St. Hill, a seamstress from Barbados. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925098915 2021-12-02 13:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925098915 For part of her childhood, Shirley St. Hill lived in Barbados on her maternal grandparents’ farm, receiving a British education while her parents worked alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925100280 2021-12-02 13:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925100280 Shirley St. Hill attended Brooklyn College on scholarship and graduated cum laude with a BA in sociology in 1946 alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925105212 2021-12-02 13:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925105212 From 1946 to 1953, Chisholm worked as a nursery school teacher and then as the director of two daycare centers alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925107230 2021-12-02 13:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925107230 In 1952, Shirley Chisholm earned an MA in early childhood education from Columbia University. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925108974 2021-12-02 13:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925108974 She served as an educational consultant for New York City’s division of day care from 1959 to 1964. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925110037 2021-12-02 13:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925110037 In 1964 Chisholm was elected to the New York state legislature. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925111287 2021-12-02 13:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925111287 In 1968 she campaigned for and won a Federal Congressional seat to represent her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925116839 2021-12-02 13:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925116839 In her Congressional campaign, Chisolm was able to use her fluent Spanish to communicate with the large Spanish speaking population in her neighborhood. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925125673 2021-12-02 13:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925125673 Chisholm was the only new woman to enter Congress in 1969. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925127648 2021-12-02 13:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925127648 From 1971 to 1977 she served on the Committee on Education and Labor. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925129945 2021-12-02 13:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925129945 Chisholm also was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in 1971. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925132486 2021-12-02 13:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925132486 Chisholm also was a founding member of the Congressional Women’s Caucus in 1977. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925137559 2021-12-02 13:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925137559 A 1974 Gallup Poll listed her as one of the top 10 most-admired women in America—ahead of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Coretta Scott King and tied with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for sixth place. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925139607 2021-12-02 13:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925139607 By 1976 Chisholm faced a stiff challenge from within her own party primary by a longtime political rival, but still won her re-election. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925142369 2021-12-02 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925142369 In 1982 Chisholm declined to seek re-election so that she could spend more time with her family. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925143508 2021-12-02 13:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925143508 In 1983, Chisholm cofounded the National Political Congress of Black Women. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925149104 2021-12-02 13:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925149104 She also taught at Mt. Holyoke College in 1983. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925150463 2021-12-02 13:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925150463 She settled in Palm Coast, Florida, where she wrote and lectured, and died on January 1, 2005, in Ormond Beach, Florida. alexandraseymour https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925151836 2021-12-02 13:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alexandraseymour/bakpnuwvswg7qzp6/wish/1925151836