Chisholm, Shirley

orig. Shirley Anita St. Hill

(born Nov. 30, 1924, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Fla.) U.S. politician. A graduate of Columbia University (M.A., 1952), she was a schoolteacher before becoming active in local politics. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968, she became the first African American woman to serve in Congress. During her 15 years in the House, she was known for her strong liberal views, including her opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and her advocacy of full-employment programs. She cofounded the National Women's Political Caucus. As a candidate for the Democratic Party's 1972 U.S. presidential nomination, she won 152 delegates before withdrawing from the race.

Chisholm, Shirley (b. Anita St. Hill) (1924– ) U.S. representative, social activist; born in New York City. A teacher and then an educational consultant to New York City's Bureau of Child Welfare (1959–64), she became the first black congresswoman (Dem., N.Y.; 1969–83). She ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 1972. A champion of minority education and employment opportunities, she taught at Mount Holyoke College (1983–87).

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Standing at the podium during the awards ceremony, Kerwood told the group, "When I was living on the streets of Philadelphia, living as a prostitute, what got me by was going to the library and reading about extraordinary women like Shirley Chisholm," the first African-American elected to Congress and Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement.

Uniquely qualified by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Johnson's contributions to the journalism world also include serving on the founding advisory board of BLACK ENTERPRISE along with the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, then Sen.

A pioneering journalist: Thomas Johnson broke the color line in the ... by Sabir, Nadirah / Black Enterprise

95 Paperback HQ1391 Comparing media treatment of the US presidential runs of Victoria Woodhull, Belva Lockwood, Margaret Chase Smith, Shirley Chisholm, Patricia Schroeder, Lenora Fulani, Elizabeth Dole, and Coral Moseley Braun, Falk (communications, Johns Hopkins U.

Women for president; media bias in eight campaigns by Reference & Research Book News

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