Because Quote by Jasmine Crockett

Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

— Jeffrey Wright

I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.

— Shirley Chisholm

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine

— Tom Selleck

There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original.…

— Iris Apfel

I always liked Barbara Howar and admired her spunk. I know that she considered me - and Alice Roosevelt Longworth - an exception to…

— Katharine Graham

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.

— Donna Brazile

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

— Donna Brazile

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like…

— Mara Wilson

Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person.

— Henry Rollins

Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.

— Pierre Salinger

It was really my grandmother who was the biggest influence because she'd talk back to the celebrities and politicians on TV. She was a…

— Randy Rainbow

Angie Dickinson in 'Hollywood Wives' took me under her wing. If you look at that cast, I was definitely an 'outcast'... so to speak.…

— Catherine Mary Stewart