Although a small number of African-Americans hold Congressional seats before her, Chisholm is the first black woman to be elected to the body. She is also the first woman, and the first person of ...

“Shirley Chisholm grew up just steps away from Brooklyn Children’s Museum, in the very neighborhood she would later champion in Congress,” said Atiba T. Edwards, president and CEO of ...

Bipartisan legislation to honor the late Shirley Chisholm ... Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. Chisholm broke new ground with her high-profile 1972 campaign ...