Shirley Chisholm's Case Study

Introduction
“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl”. ” – Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator and author. She was the first black woman to be elected to Congress and she was also the first major-party black woman candidate for President of the United States. In 1982 Chisholm told the Associated Press: "I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being black. When I ran for the Congress, when I ran for president, I met more discrimination as a woman than for being black. Men are men."

Women have been one of the most disadvantaged groups; they are the only group in the world who have/has been idealized into powerlessness
Every single woman’s qualification was lower than her sibling’s of the opposite gender. Except the Lower Caste family’s case because Dhanama was born after 14 years and up until then they were struggling to make ends meet and Sarita, who was very proud about the fact that she was the only girl in her class.

Prabhavathi Reddy had gotten married when she was in her 8th Std. After shifting to her in-laws house, her husband wanted her to get a degree. So, he tutored her through her 9th and 10th. But, when she failed her 11th Std, she refused to study anymore. She recalls him being angry with her for several weeks for giving up like that.

When asked about why they had stopped their education, most of them put a stop to their education because they were asked to do so, with the exception of Ronda Sarita and Prabhavathi.

When asked, if they wanted to pursue further education at that point of time. ALL of them said no, except, Ronda Sarita. She wanted to become a doctor, but her father said no and she didn’t put up a fight. So, generation-1 and their parents lacked interest in pursuing
Rishitha-11 said she never even gave it a thought at that point. She new all the while when she was in college that she was not going to work, but get married after she finishes her degree.

But, Suguna whose father wasn’t interested in educating her further, Sangeetha who was made to leave college in the first year and Gowri and Dheenama who belonged to poor families said that they weren’t keen at that point, but hoped their parents had not rushed them into marriage.

When quizzed about if they would have pursued education or worked, if they were given the chance to go back to their late teens or early 20’s, all of them said YES.

Generation 3

Name | Qualification | Sibling’s Name | Qualification | Family Background | Srijaya Anumolu-111 | B.Arch 2nd year, Chennai | Tarun Anumolu | B. Tech, M. Sc SoftwarCalifornia | Educated