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Shirley Anita Chisholm ( / ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [1] .
Dec 18, 2009 · Pioneering African American politician Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) began her professional career as a teacher. She served as director of the Hamilton-Madison Child Care Center until the...
Mar 22, 2024 · In Netflix’s Shirley, Chisholm (Regina King) tells women in Florida if they raise money for her presidential run, she’ll throw her hat in the ring, and is shocked when advisors tell her the women...
Mar 26, 2024 · Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's historic 1972 run for president is the subject of a new film on Netflix starting March 22. The film stars Regina King as the history-making...
Shirley Chisholm (Born Shirley Anita St. Hill) was a teacher, scholar, orator, intellectual and public servant whose lifelong work continues to shape the American social and political landscape today.
Nov 2, 2023 · In the 1972 United States presidential election, she became the first Black candidate to seek a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. After the unsuccessful bid for President, Chisholm continued serving in the House of Representatives.
Shirley Chisholm The exhibit shares how Congresswoman Chisholm stepped up, claimed her seat at the table of public discourse, and made a difference by representing a wide range of people and issues. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Feb 2, 2005 · Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to serve in the United States Congress, died on January 1st, aged 80. Feb 2nd 2005. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM'S candidacy for the American...
Feb 19, 2021 · When Shirley Chisholm took her oath of office on January 21, 1969, she was the only new woman to enter Congress that term and just one of nine African American members in the House of Representatives. As a freshman member, Chisholm did not hesitate to speak up and—when needed—make herself heard.
Jan 26, 2016 · Decades before Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm. As the first black woman to run for president for a major political party she was years ahead of her time.
