Shirley Chisholm’s Death – Cause and Date

The politician Shirley Chisholm died at the age of 80. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Politician and Democrat who became the first African-American woman elected to Congress in 1968. She represented New York for seven terms in Congress and in 1972 she became the first major-party black candidate for President and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

She married twice, her first marriage was to Jamaican private investigator, Conrad Chisholm.

Quotes

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“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” (Shirley Chisholm)

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“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” (Shirley Chisholm)

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“Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.” (Shirley Chisholm)

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“Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.” (Shirley Chisholm)

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“Of course laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws – to perpetuate injustice through inaction.” (Shirley Chisholm)