Shirley Chisholm

GPTKB entity

Properties (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
educator
author
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Brooklyn_College
gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:awards New_Jersey_Hall_of_Fame_Inductee
National_Women's_Hall_of_Fame_Inductee
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-11-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:children 1
gptkbp:deathDate 2023-01-01
gptkbp:famousQuote 'If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.'
'I am unbought and unbossed.'
'I want to be remembered as a woman who dared to be a catalyst of change.'
'Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.'
'You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shirley Chisholm
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Maxine_Waters
gptkb:Cory_Booker
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Barbara_Lee
gptkbp:knownFor advocating for education reform
advocating for women's rights
advocating for social justice
advocating for civil rights
advocating for healthcare reform
gptkbp:notableFor first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
gptkbp:office U.S._Representative
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Arthur_Hardwick_Jr.
gptkbp:termEnd 1983-01-03
gptkbp:termStart 1969-01-03