The Vauxhall Primary School will be named in honor of Barbadian-born Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman ever to be elected to the US Congress.
The inauguration service for the renaming of the Vauxhall Primary School will be held on April 4th, in Vauxhall Christ Church.
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Barbadian parents gave birth to Shirley Chisholm in Brooklyn, New York. Chisholm spent a significant portion of her basic education in the Barbados school system after being moved to reside with her grandmother on a farm on the island of Barbados when she was three years old. She was the first black woman to be elected to the US Congress in 1968. From 1969 until 1983, she served seven terms as the representative for New York’s 12th congressional district.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training Kay McConney, and Parliamentary Representative Adrian Forde will all be present for the occasion.
Chad Blackman, the senior advisor to the director-general of the International Labour Organization, and Linda Taglialatela, the US ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, are two more dynamic figures who were anticipated to attend.
Additionally present were Shirley Chisholm’s family members, an American politician who made history in 1968 by becoming the first black woman to be elected to the US Congress.
