[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 97 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                         June 12, 2001.
Whereas Shirley Anita Chisholm has devoted her life to public service;
Whereas Shirley Anita Chisholm served in the New York Assembly from 1964 to 
        1968;
Whereas Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first African American woman to be 
        elected to Congress in 1968;
Whereas Congresswoman Chisholm was a fierce critic of the seniority system in 
        Congress, protested her assignment in 1969 to the Committee on 
        Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and won reassignment to a 
        committee of the House of Representatives on which she could better 
        serve her inner-city district in Brooklyn, New York;
Whereas Congresswoman Chisholm served as a Member of Congress from 1968 until 
        1983;
Whereas Congresswoman Chisholm proposed legislation to increase funding for 
        child care facilities in order to allow such facilities to extend their 
        hours of operation and provide services to both middle-class and low-
        income families;
Whereas in 1972 Congresswoman Chisholm became the first African American, the 
        first woman, and the first African American woman to be a candidate for 
        the nomination of the Democratic Party for the office of President of 
        the United States;
Whereas Congresswoman Chisholm campaigned in the primaries of 12 States, won 28 
        delegates, and received 152 first ballot votes at the national 
        convention for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the office of 
        President of the United States;
Whereas Congresswoman Chisholm has fought throughout her life for fundamental 
        rights for women, children, seniors, African Americans, Hispanics, and 
        other minority groups;
Whereas Congresswoman Chisholm has been a committed advocate for many 
        progressive causes, including improving education, ending discrimination 
        in hiring practices, increasing the availability of child care, and 
        expanding the coverage of the Federal minimum wage laws to include 
        domestic employment;
Whereas in addition to the service of Congresswoman Chisholm as a legislator, 
        Congresswoman Chisholm has worked to improve society as a nursery school 
        teacher, director of a child care facility, consultant for the New York 
        Department of Social Services, and educator; and
Whereas it is appropriate that the dedicated work and outstanding 
        accomplishments of Congresswoman Chisholm be recognized during the month 
        of March, which is National Women's History Month: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the enduring contributions and heroic achievements of 
        Shirley Anita Chisholm; and
            (2) appreciates the dedicated work of Shirley Anita Chisholm to 
        improve the lives and status of women in the United States.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.