Word: chisholm
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...freshman, she has already had unusual impact in the House, upstaging even Brooklyn's combative Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman in Congress. During one of her 18-hour days, Bella unearthed from the House rules an old tactic called a resolution of inquiry, which demands action by the House within the startlingly short span of seven days. Invoking that device, she pushed through the proposal that the President be directed to furnish the Pentagon papers to Congress. She succeeded in getting a sex-discrimination amendment added to the Public Works Acceleration Act. It was vetoed by President Nixon...
...would think that Kate Millett or Germaine Greer were feeding the gentlemen their lines. More than 300 earnest women-ranging from Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm to Writer Gloria Steinem to Betty Smith, former vice chairman of Wisconsin Republicans-met in Washington last week to form a National Women's Political Caucus. Its goal: to seek out and promote candidates of either sex, preferably women, who will work to eliminate "sexism, racism, violence and poverty." And what was the reaction in San Clemente? Discussing a newspaper photograph of four of the caucus leaders, Secretary of State William Rogers remarked that...
...Shirley Chisholm, L.H.D., Congresswoman from Brooklyn...
Died. Dr. Brock Chisholm, 74, controversial Canadian psychiatrist who from 1948 to 1953 served as director general of the World Health Organization; of pneumonia; in Victoria, B.C. Chisholm was one of the first to warn that world population growth could eventually outstrip food supplies unless there was global family planning. Best known for his attacks on what he regarded as society's sillier ideas, he stirred a furor by arguing that any child encouraged to believe in Santa Claus has his ability to think permanently injured. On superstition: "There is hardly a hotel in New York that...
...Black Congresswoman and shrewd, gutsy, equality fighter, Shirley Chisholm. (MRS.) PATRICIA MATHEWS Albuquerque