[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 112 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8974-S8975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 153--RECOGNIZING THE ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS, HEROIC 
       ACHIEVEMENTS, AND DEDICATED WORK OF SHIRLEY ANITA CHISHOLM

  Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Biden, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Levin, and Mr. Schumer) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 153

       Whereas Shirley Anita Chisholm has devoted her life to 
     public service;
       Whereas Shirley Anita Chisholm served in the New York State 
     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

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     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 and the first woman to be a candidate for 
     the nomination of the Democratic Party for the office of 
     President;
       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;
       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 Senate--
       (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.

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