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  • End Rita And Shirley
    549 words
    "Rita wins, Shirley loses" I consider this statement to be untrue. I believe Shirley and Rita both win in their own way. Both women get the main objective they were directing towards. Rita gets her education and Shirley gets the 'former Shirley Valentine' that was longing to get out. Her hope and self-confidence badly shattered by marriage and life. Shirley Valentine is a witty, British look at one woman's triumph over traditional gender roles, boredom, and the empty nest. She is offered a way o...
  • Shirley Anita St Hill Chisholm
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    Hill Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. Her Father, Charles St. Hill was an immigrant from French Guyana (now it is called Guyana) and her mother, Ruby (Seale) was an immigrant from Barbados. Charles was a factory worker and her mother was a seamstress and a mother to help provide for the family. Young couples had a hard time making ends meet, and in hope of saving some of their money, they sent their children back to the Caribbean. Shirley at 3 years old and her 2 you...
  • Shirley Chisholm
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    Shirley st. hill chisholm (1924-2005) Researched By: Tamiya K. Hicks 5 B A Brief Biography of Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) Shirley St. Hill was born in New York City on November 30, 1924 she was the oldest of four daughters. Her parents were Charles and Ruby St. Hill. In 1927 at age 3 Shirley was sent to live on her grandmother's farm in Barbados. She attended British grammar school and picked up the Caribbean accent that marked her speech. Shirley moved back to New York in 1934 at the age of 11...
  • 4 Years Shirley Chisholm
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    A political leader for many years, and a co-founder of the National womens Political Caucus, Shirley Chisholm is the one of the most famous African - American woman in politics. She was the first black woman to be elected to congress, and also was the first black women to run for president (1972). She was even asked by bill Clinton to serve as American ambassador to Jamaica. But this isnt her whole life, so in these further paragraphs I plan to tell you about her great and wonderful life. In 192...
  • Plays By Willy Russell Shirley Valentine
    528 words
    Shirley Valentine Why why do you get all this life when it ca not be used Why - why do y'get... all these... feelin's an " dreams an " hopes if they can't ever be used" This is the question Shirley Valentine, an English housewife and mother, asks herself. After her children have left home, her only purpose in life is getting dinner ready in time for her grumbling husband who has long ceased to love her. Having nobody she can trust, Shirley has started to tell her dreams and worries to the kitche...
  • Shirley Temple Black
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    On April 23, 1928 a little star was born. In her future life as a movie actress, she would perform in forty motion pictures, fifty television shows, be number one at the box office, and possess the smile and talent that would bring the country out of the Depression. This all began when she was only three, but ended shortly at the age of twenty-one. As her movie career ended, her adult life began without her mother's guide. She began her family life as a housewife and later on she became a diplom...

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