Object Details Manufactured by Unidentified Subject of Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005 Description A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white and blue background that is ...

VP Kamala Harris honors Shirley Chisholm with historic Congressional Gold Medal bill signing The vice president's signature instructs Congress to posthumously award Chisholm, the first Black woman ...

Shirley Chisholm passed away in 2005 at age 80, but her influence endures. As the legislation heads to President Biden’s desk for signature, her story remains a beacon of hope, inspiring ...

A one-woman show coming to West Philly tells the story of a woman often left out of history books: Shirley Chisholm, the first African American to run for a major party’s presidential nomination ...

“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 ...

There is still time to vote for Shirley Chisholm. An exhibit exploring the life and work of the Brooklyn politician in celebration of her 100th birthday offers visitors to the Museum of the City of ...

Object Details Manufactured by Columbia Advertising Company, American Subject of Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005 Description A circular metal pin-back button. The button has a white ...

Chisholm, who died in 2005 at 80, made history in 1968 as the first African-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District.