Read the speech.
For the Equal Rights Amendment
by Shirley Chisholm
In 1968, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm became the first African
American woman elected to Congress. Later, in 1972, Chisholm
was the first African American woman to announce her intention
to campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president.
Throughout her seven-term career in Congress, Chisholm
advocated fiercely for women's rights and civil rights. On August
10, 1970, she gave this speech on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives urging support for the Equal Rights
Amendment.
To demonstrate the need for the Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA), Chisholm develops several key ideas.
How does Chisholm develop key ideas in her speech?
For each key idea, select the details that Chisholm uses to
develop the idea.
Key Idea
Sex
discrimination
affects both
sexes.
Sex
discrimination
is contradictory
to American
values and
common sense.