European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              By Joy Miller a staff writer when Shirley Chisholm answered the door of her Brooklyn dome one sunday morning last summer Aman standing on the stoop shoved a crumpled envelope at her and , this is the  inside the envelope was $9.69, the first contribution to her congressional Campaign collected by a group of peo ple on welfare. Shirley sat Down took off her glasses and cried a Little  she said to her husband Conrad. If i Ever had any doubts i Don t now.1 she still has no doubts about what she wants to do As she begins her terms the first Black woman in Congress. I m a very outspoken person she Suys and people say to me , you re in the limelight and every Eye is focused on you. You be careful about anything you say i know this but i m not Goiny Tobe quiet about issues. I got into poli tics because people brought me in Ashe result of fighting for them on the local level in Volunteer work. Now must speak out on the National level for the people in my  Shirley Chisholm a Democrat is 44 years old and moves her slim5-foot-4 Frame with a Lithe in ctn Oss that comes from dancing All her  do the limbo. I do everything she says swaying and snapping her fingers. Thai s Why people in the Street Taketo me you re so damned regular Shirley 1 i m not a stuffed shirt even if i do have three  degrees a. Brooklyn Collow sociology major a Columbia univer sity in Early childhood education und a professional diploma in education administration. She Speaks fluent Spanish. The new representative from the 12thdistrict in Brooklyn she Defeated James Farmer former head of the Congress of racial Equality can Dis cuss herself objectively and redeem sometimes slightly immodest pronouncements with humor i went through College All on scholarship. I m a near Genius with an 1q of150 or 151 probably drying up  sets is never self conscious she says and my greatest strength is to in initiate As Well As i do and to think quickly on my  weakest Point i will do any thing for children White or  Shehas none of her own but has spent years teaching and working for better educational opportunities for them. I m not worried about my Polluck career. I m worried about doing tilings for the people. If you do things for no people they la Send you Back to office. Many congressmen Are captives of Shirley Chisholm first Black woman in Congress i m extremely talkative and i know what i m talking  Page 14 the stars and stripes i m not a stuffed shirt even if i