Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-Brooklyn), supporting hospital workers on strike, January 24, 1969. While in Congress, Chisholm was named the honorary co-president of National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL) in 1969 and became co-founder the National Organization for Women (NOW) ...
Shirley Chisholm became the first African American congresswoman in 1968. Four years later, she became the first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the U.S. presidency.
Shirley Chisholm, a Democrat from New York, became the first black woman in Congress when she was elected to the House in 1968. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from Florida, was first elected in1989. She is the first Hispanic woman and first Cuban American to serve in Congre...
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." -Shirley Chisholm(1924-2005), U.S. Congresswoman. “My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”–Maya Angelou(1928-...
As a member of the Government Operations Committee, she worked on the “Sunshine Laws” under the Freedom of Information Act. These regulations require government hearings to be made available to the public. Along with Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, she co-authored the Child Development Act. She...
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Height joined in the fight for women's rights. In 1971, she helped found the National Women's Political Caucus with Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and Shirley Chisholm. While she retired from the YWCA in 1977, Height continued to run the NCNW for two more decades. One of her later ...
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Shirley Chisholm made history as the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. In 1972 Chisholm became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomin
Shirley Chisholm made history as the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. In 1972 Chisholm became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomin