Shirley+Chisholm




 * Image to the right shows Shirley Chisholm, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY), announcing her candidacy for President, September 1972 **
 * **First African American Woman Elected to Congress, 1968**
 * **First Black Candidate for a Major Party's Presidential Nomination, 1972**
 * **First Woman to Run for the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination**
 * **She won the state primaries in** **Louisiana and Mississippi in 1972**
 * **Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Posthumously, 2015**



Shirley Chisholm Biography from the United States House of Representatives
See also, **Shirley Anita Chisholm from the National Women's History Museum**

Before Hillary Clinton, There Was Shirley Chisholm, from BBC News


 * When Shirley Chisholm Ran for President, Few Would Say: "I'm with Her" Smithsonian Magazine (April 25, 2016)**



Multimedia Resources

 * Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed**


 * Shirley Chisholm: The First Black Congresswoman**