Word: chisholm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another day, the President surrounded himself with some of the most outspoken women in Congress, among them New York Representatives Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm, as he signed a proclamation making Aug. 26, the 54th anniversary of women's suffrage, Women's Equality Day. He also urged that the remaining states ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. Quipped one of the women at the gathering: "It looks like a chorus line." Responded Ford: "You girls are the Rockettes." It is a measure of both the times and Ford's style that he got away with...
...exclude a few pockets of contrary sentiment, notably the final clubs--it was one of these venerable institutions that, after all, shocked Sarah Roosevelt by rejecting her Franklin. Three years ago, the last time anyone polled them, 80 per cent of Harvard students wanted McGovern to be president. Shirley Chisholm ran second with 8 or 9 per cent, and Nixon, Humphrey, Jackson and Wallace split what was left. Even a lot of the Young Republicans were for Pete McClosky...
Shirley A. Chisholm, LL.D., Democratic Congresswoman from New York...
Interface. Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-Calif.) assess the political impact of the Congressional black caucus...
...pitfalls of campaign financing may have tripped yet another 1972 Presidential candidate: Brooklyn's Black Democratic Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Though Chisholm spent less (about $75,000) in her abortive presidential drive than any serious major-party contender, the General Accounting Office charged in September that she maintained inaccurate financial records, accepted three small corporate donations, and failed to report an $ 18,000 surplus in her campaign. No action has yet been taken by the Justice Department, but last week, apparently as the result of a leak, Chisholm was forced to answer questions about the allegations. She said that...