Shirley Chisholm

Acting

Born: 1924-11-30 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Shirley Anita Chisholm (née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brookl…