![]() Chisholm, a private investigator (they divorced in 1977). ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially, Chisholm worked as a nursery school teacher. Although professors encouraged her to consider a political career, she replied that she faced a “double handicap” as both black and female. Hill, a seamstress from Barbados. She graduated from Brooklyn Girls’ High in 1942 and from Brooklyn College cum laude in 1946, where she won prizes on the debate team. Hill, a factory worker from Guyana, and Ruby Seale St. House of Representatives.īorn in Brooklyn, New York, on November 30, 1924, Chisholm was the oldest of four daughters to immigrant parents Charles St. Her motto and title of her autobiography- Unbossed and Unbought-illustrated her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Click here Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed Help 540WMain reach its goal of 100 monthly members. If you love 540WMain consider becoming a 540Monthly Member today. A 540Monthly Membership ensures that 540WMain is able to create and curate low cost/high impact educational content and programming rooted in antiracism, arts/culture & humanities, and wellness. ![]()
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