Her book is a candid state ment of what she is all about. There are consequently those who, as a result of her public image, are apprehensive about getting close enough to find out what she has to say even if they have missed it. Chisholm is known as a fiery speaker, and her portrait is usually recorded by photogra phers during her most formida ble looking moments. In fact, sometimes it reads like a school primer nevertheless it is important for its plain talk. Shirley Chisholm's book is not a literary masterpiece. ‘Your own what?’ she re called his asking.” Eventually her committee assignment was changed. In a desperation move to get off of the Rural Development and Forestry Subcommittee of the Agriculture Committee, she warned House Speaker John McCormack: “'If you do not assist me now, I will have to do my own thing.’ The Speak er was startled for the first time. She was accused of having committed political suicide when, upon receiving an assign ment to a committee she felt was irrelevant to her constituen cy, she demanded reassignment.
I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.” This is a passage typical of Shirley Chisholm's nettling candor, and it sets the stage for her first post‐election at tack ton the Congressional sys tem.
“Our representative democ racy is not working,” she writes, “because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. Chisholm, herself, have called, “the New Poli tician.” In “Unbought and Unbossed,” she attempts to synthesize her political philosophy and pro vide the autobiographical back ground that will help us under stand a “fighting Shirley Chis holm.” The result is an interest ing profile of what some, in cluding Mrs.
She has consist ently spoken out against the things she believes wrong and stanchly supported the causes she believes to be in the best interest of her urban, mostly poor‐black constituents. But the frail‐looking, 100 pound educator from Brooklyn's 12th Congressional District is proud that she has not been silent in the almost two years since she's been in Washington. As the first black woman elected to Congress, Shirley Chisholm could have claimed headlines without ever saying a word.
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