Shirley Chisholm
First Black woman elected to Congress and the first to run for a major-party presidential nomination.
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Born 1924 in Brooklyn. Represented New York's 12th district 1969–1983. Her 1972 Democratic primary campaign — "Unbought and Unbossed" — won 152 delegates and reshaped what was possible for Black women in American politics.
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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