Shirley Chisholm: U.S. Congresswoman
Who, When, Wow!
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🗓️ 6 October 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Meet Shirley Chisholm WHO brought her leadership skills and fighting spirit to Washington D.C. as the first elected Black Congresswoman of the United States. As a Congresswoman, Shirley continued her lifelong work of fighting for civil rights and women's equality, even WHEN she was met with criticism and discrimination from her peers. Join host Rebecca Sheir as we meet this inspiring woman who WOWed the world in the first episode of Who, When, Wow!
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| 0:00.0 | In the early 1960s, if you were a woman in America, life looked worlds different from the way it does today. |
| 0:08.0 | It's the early 1960s, and women across America have their eyes on the prize, marriage and children. |
| 0:17.0 | Sure, they can go to college, as long as they become a secretary teacher or nurse. |
| 0:23.0 | Otherwise, their husbands bring home the bacon, while the little ladies stay home. |
| 0:28.0 | Okay, we've heard enough, but then during this thing off, it's a 1960s television, there's no remote. |
| 0:35.0 | Yeah! |
| 0:37.0 | Woo! Much better. |
| 0:39.0 | But you get the idea, right? |
| 0:41.0 | The early 1960s were not exactly a time of opportunity for the American woman. |
| 0:46.0 | The good news is, as the 1960s progressed, and America rolled into the 70s, |
| 0:51.0 | more and more women began pushing back against their limited roles, and one of them. |
| 0:57.0 | Pushed back harder than most. |
| 1:00.0 | I stand before you today, as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States of America. |
| 1:13.0 | Her name was Shirley Chisholm, and when it came to all those traditional molds for women, this pioneering trailblazer didn't just break the stereotypes. |
| 1:24.0 | She shattered them. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm Rebecca Sheer, and this is Who, When, Wow. |
| 1:32.0 | Our past is fast and wild. |
| 1:36.0 | Many things have brought us to this day. |
| 1:41.0 | This history has been compiled. |
| 1:44.0 | Some important details are slipped away. |
| 1:50.0 | In our spectacular shared existence, we consider it a business to recognize a few folks you may not know. |
| 2:02.0 | So, when, wow. |
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