Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win - Hardcover

by Helen Shiller (Author)

Helen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington's 26th vote to lonely voice against Mayor Richard M. Daley on a myriad of issues.

Author Biography

Helen Shiller, raised by migrant Jewish parents, was radicalized by the anti-war and civil rights movements. Shiller was in a collective of whites aligned with the Black Panther Party on Chicago. Beginning in 1987, Shiller was a radical Chicago alderperson for 24 years.