Shirley Chisholm visits Rutgers Archived article from Oct 13, 2000 By Steve Manas   Former Rep. Shirley Chisholm addressed students in political science classes during her weeklong stay in New Jersey as holder of the Sen. Wynona Lipman Chair in Women's Political Leadership Photo by Nick Romanenko Former Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm participated in a heavy schedule of activities during her weeklong visit to Rutgers and New Jersey, Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, as the inaugural holder of the Sen. Wynona Lipman Chair in Women's Political Leadership at the Center for American Women in Politics (CAWP). CAWP is part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. The chair, funded by the state Legislature and supported by Gov. Christie Whitman, honors the late New Jersey state senator -- the first African-American woman to serve in that body. Lipman, a longtime champion of the rights of women and children, died in May 1999 after representing her Newark district for 27 years. Chisholm, the first African-American congresswoman, addressed students in American government and congressional politics classes, and provided expert commentary to a group of presidential debate watchers at Eagleton. She also gave a public lecture at Neilson Dining Hall. A seeker of the Democratic nomination for president in 1972, Chisholm was warmly received by legislators in Trenton Oct. 2, before attending a reception in her honor. While in New Jersey, she also viewed a brief film on Lipman and answered grade-schoolers' questions at the Peshine Avenue School in Newark, and gave remarks to a group of government and women's studies students at Essex County College.

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