Shirley Anita Chisholm (/ ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; – ) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [1] Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [a] for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became ...
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 nomination.
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972).
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 Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York to immigrant parents who came to the United States from Barbados. Chisholm graduated from Brooklyn College and the Teachers College at Columbia University. In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. Early ...
Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Anita Chisholm (–) was the first Black woman elected to Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1969 to 1983. Chisholm served seven terms and championed anti-poverty programs and education reform.