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As seen in Shirley, Chisholm became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress, representing New York’s 12th District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. During her time in the U.S. House of ...
Shirley Anita Chisholm (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ z ə m / 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]
Regina King plays Shirley Chisholm in Netflix's biopic focusing on her groundbreaking 1972 presidential run
Bipartisan legislation to honor the late Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black congresswoman, became law last week, as the 118th Congress winds down with a final flurry of bills.
Mrs. America dramatizes the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.Through the eyes of the women of that era – both Schlafly and prominent second-wave feminists including Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series explores how one of the ...
Representative Shirley Chisholm spoke to John Lindsay, the mayor of New York, at a Democratic fundraising dinner. New York Daily News Archive - Getty Images. January 25, 1972.
With Butler, Lee teamed up to pass one of the final bills of the 118th Congress, awarding the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to her mentor and friend Shirley Chisholm, another trailblazer — the first Black woman elected to Congress, joining in 1969, who went on to make a longshot presidential run — in what would have been the New ...
New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her ...