Shirley Chisholm (Politician) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

Shirley Anita Chisholm is an American politician, educator and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman to be elected to the US Congress, representing New York's 12th Congressional District, a district centered around Bedford-Stuyvesant, for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In the 1972 US presidential election, she became the first African-American candidate to be nominated by a major party for the US presidency, and was the first woman to run for president. of the Democratic Party. Born in Brooklyn, Chisholm studied and worked in the field of preschool, participating in the politics of the local Democratic Party in the 1950s. In 1964, overcame some resistance because she was a woman, elected to the New York State Parliament. Four years later, she was elected to Congress, where she led the expansion of food and nutrition programs for the poor and became party leader.

Born	Shirley Anita St. Hill, November 30, 1924, New York City, U.S.
Died	January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Preceded by	Patsy Mink
Succeeded by	Geraldine Ferraro

About Shirley Chisholm

Politician Shirley Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, United States (She dies at the age of 80, on January 1, 2005).

In 1968, she was elected to Congress for the first time as the first African-American woman. She was the first major-party black presidential candidate and the first woman to vie for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972, after representing New York in Congress for seven terms.

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Shirley Chisholm before becoming famous

Shirley Chisholm was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1924 is also the year of Rat (鼠) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She worked at Day Cares as a director and educational consultant.

Achievement of Shirley Chisholm

She sparked outrage when she paid a visit to ^PoliticianGeorge Wallace, a well-known racist, in the hospital shortly after his assassination in May 1972.

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Shirley Chisholm's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She married twice, her first marriage was to Jamaican private investigator, Conrad Chisholm.

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^{Vice President}Hubert H. Humphrey gave her his black delegates at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)

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Shirley Chisholm (Politician) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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