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Happy birthday, to my favorite woman in American politics, Shirley Chisholm! Text from For Harriet posting: Congresswoman Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to Congress. Chisholm was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the first African American to make a serious bid for the Presidency of the United States of America...Read her autobiography: amzn.to/1ypXALw...in 1968, Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, representing New Yorks 12th District. Chisholm served the United States House of Representatives for seven terms, from 1968-1983 (91st-97th Congresses)...When she retired in 1983, she was the third-highest ranking member of the Education and Labor Committee...Rep. Chisholm died on January 1, 2005. bio source: bit.ly/1trCCYv video: NVLP
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:54:14 +0000

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