A LEGACY FOR HUMANITY: Ex-Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) The language of death is extremely powerful and resurrecting when living in the conscious mind, body and soul conceptions as in being 'Human.' The entitled name, time and place of the biological formation identified becomes known in this realm of illusion as a personification of the divine incognito. Shirley Chisholm is an ancient modernization of 'Human' spirit traversing the infinite domain of this universe. The details accumulated to describe her existence in the title role on the stage off life, like so many brethren in spiritual habitation of this life-force is miraculous. Ms. Chisholm came, saw and conquered through her deeds and actions in the service of the utmost highest a world consciousness inspired by a determination to 'BE' free. The world's demonstrations on surface display manifesting the written and talked about 'Human Being', 'Shirley Chisholm', will glorify and celebrate for all times a simple women's performance as a master player. The chronicles of earth's memorial archives will pinpoint various statistics about her lifetime, but never the life that was truly lived day to day....and so it is... Born Shirley St. Hill in New York City, on Nov. 30, 1924, was the eldest of four daughters of Caribbean immigrants, who began her professional career as a nursery school teacher. She became director of a day care center, an educational consultant with the city's child care department, as well as an active local Democratic Politician, who ran successfully for the state Assembly in 1964. After leaving Congress, she was accolade with the offering to join the Purington Chair at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., where she taught for four years. In years that proceeded a pace, she was a sought-after speaker on the lecture circuit. Ms. Chisholm was married twice. In 1949 her marriage to Conrad Chisholm ended in divorce in February, 1977, and forthcoming that same year Arthur Hardwick Jr., who died in 1986, was her endearing spouse. There were any children born from either union. A BLACK WOMAN WITH MANY FIRST: • Elected to Congress • To seek a major party's nomination for the U.S. presidency in 1972 • Who took her seat in the U.S. House in 1969 • A staunch critic of the Vietnam War. • Represented New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and served until retiring in 1983. • Founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. • Assigned to the House Agriculture Committee • Reassignment to the Veterans Affairs Committee • A place on the Education and Labor Committee, etc. WHEN AN ETERNAL FLAME AS BRIGHT AS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM SHINES, THERE ISN'T ANY CLAIM TO BE MADE BY ANYBODY IN THE NAME OF FAME! NOW HERE IS A LIFETIME FOR ALL TIMES... "I ran for the Presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo" "The next time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew or anyone from a group that the country is 'not ready' to elect to its highest office, I believe that he or she will be taken seriously from the start." IN THAT GREAT GETTIN' UP MORNING, FARE YE WELL... January Newsletter Go To Current Newsletter