he welfare of children in Brooklyn. She was promoted several times within the child care system. She entered the field as an aide and ending up being a director of several day care facilities. It was her experiences in the day care setting that opened her eyes to the many problems in health care. She began to notice the effects of poverty on women and children in her community (Chisholm 28). It must have difficult to work around families that did not have the means to better their lives. Perhaps observing the inequalities pushed Shirley to become involved with government and promote better health care.Becoming involved in politics was not the initial goal that Shirley was striving for. It was not until she was in college in which she first became interested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Political League. She was impressed with a man named Hodder, who represented the Bedford- Stuyvesant Political League, and his speeches that supported the black community. He sparked her interest in politics and from then on Shirley was in and out of the political spotlight (Metcalf 118). Even though many people doubted the abilities of Shirley she had a tremendous amount of political support from her husband Conrad. He was not jealous over the amount of attention that Shirley received nor did he interfere with her interest in politics (Chisholm 46). It is important for a person to be given support by their spouse, especially when a person is in the media. Maintaining a close relationship with your spouse enables a person to feel strong and sustained. Being that Shirley was popular and did receive attention it is difficult to believe that he did not become jealous over the vast amounts of attention. However, the attention did not seem to bother Conrad. Shirley stated that he would actually get out of the way for photographers, so that they could get a good shot of her (Chisholm 46). In 1968 Shirley was elected into the United States Congress. A...
