SMNTY Classics: Fighting Shirley Chisholm

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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🗓️ 16 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Shirley Chisholm didn't want to be known solely as the first African-American woman in U.S. Congress and to run for the Democratic nomination for president. This President's Day, let's look back at life and legacy of this Brooklyn educator ahead of her time in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Annie and you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.
0:21.3	One of my favorite things about working on this show has been learning the histories of
0:26.6	badass women. I'd often unfortunately never heard of. And it is a shame because their stories
0:34.0	and contributions are so inspiring. Back when I was a video producer for this show,
0:41.2	I, my favorite series we had, as I've mentioned before, was something called Herstery. It's
0:47.6	just, I'm a big history fan and I love learning more about these badass women. And one of my
0:52.8	favorite historical figures I've learned about through working on this show is Shirley Chisholm.
0:57.5	So in honor of President's Day weekend here in the United States, here's a classic episode
1:02.9	delving into the life and legacy of Shirley Chisholm. Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from
1:11.4	Howstuporks.com. Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline. And Caroline
1:23.4	you know those times when we are researching for Stuff Mom Never Told You and we learn about a woman
1:33.7	that excites us and inspires us so much. Hey, it's gave me goosebumps right now. And we can't
1:42.7	wait to talk about it in the podcast studio, but also we just want to tell everyone about her,
1:49.1	like, uh, polymory. Oh yeah. Shirley Chisholm. I mean, in such a political time as this,
2:01.8	reading about Shirley Chisholm was such a breath of fresh air. Yeah. But also a little bit of
2:12.7	a disappointment that she's not still around for me to hug. Yeah. Call up on the telephone.
2:21.3	Yeah. That's a thank Shirley. Yeah. Write a number of thank you letters to just for just for
2:27.0	everything because y'all Shirley was a badass and you need to know who she is and you need to tell
2:34.5	everybody you know about who she was. Yeah. Unfortunately for all of us, she was a woman
2:41.7	ahead of her time. Yeah. I mean, fortunately because we have such a great story to tell about her.
2:47.5	But unfortunately because well, being so ahead of her time, she was sort of kept out of the positions
2:56.1	that she would have done so much great work in. And so of course, Shirley Chisholm was the first
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