IV 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 15 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2009 Ms. Lee of California submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Whereas Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York, to Charles and Ruby St. Hill; Whereas, in 1968, Shirley Chisholm made history by becoming the first African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives, representing the Twelfth Congressional District of New York until her retirement in 1983; Whereas Shirley Chisholm was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, a fierce advocate for women’s rights and democracy, and a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War; Whereas Shirley Chisholm was an outspoken advocate for equal rights, early childhood education, fair labor standards, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday effort; Whereas Shirley Chisholm was a cofounder of the New York City Chapter of the National Organization for Women, the organization’s first chapter; and Whereas Shirley Chisholm further cemented her place in history when she became the first African-American person to seek a major political party’s nomination for President in 1972: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that— (1)a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm; and (2)the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.