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	CHISHOLM, Shirley Anita St. Hill
		Chisholm portrayed herself as a political maverick and became known for her campaign slogan, “unbought and unbossed,” which she also used as the title of her 1970 autobiography; another memoir, The Good Fight, followed in 1973.
		In early 1972, Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman ever elected to Congress, announced her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
		Anita Bryant first became known to America in the late 1950s as a regular on the beauty pageant circuit, winning Miss Oklahoma and tying for Miss Congeniality.
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	Shirley Chisholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As a freshman, Chisholm was assigned to the House Forestry Committee.
		Chisholm created controversy when she visited rival and ideological opposite George Wallace in the hospital soon after his shooting during that campaign.
		Chisholm was married to Conrad Chisholm from 1949-1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shirley_Chisholm (668 words)

	Shirley Chisholm -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American politician, educator and author.
		Chisholm created controversy when she visited rival and ideological opposite (additional info and facts about George Wallace) George Wallace in the hospital soon after his shooting during that campaign.
		In February 2005, Shirley Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed, a (A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event) documentary film chronicling Chisholm's 1972 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, was aired on U.S. (additional info and facts about public television) public television.
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	Shirley Chisholm
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the oldest of four girls born to parents who had immigrated from the West Indies, and who barely subsisted on their wages from factory work and housecleaning.
		When Chisholm was three, her parents, desiring a better life for their daughters, sent Shirley and her sisters to Barbados to be reared by their maternal grandmother.
		In 1968 Chisholm won a seat in the House of Representatives, where she served on a number of committees, including Education and Labor, and campaigned for a higher minimum wage and federal funding for day-care facilities.
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	Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm — FactMonster.com
		Elected (1968) to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat, Chisholm became the first fl woman to serve in that body.
		She quickly gained national attention as a vocal critic of the war in Vietnam and the House seniority system and as an outspoken advocate of the interests of the urban poor.
		In 1993 she was nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Jamaica but withdrew because of ill health.
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	Chisholm 72
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York to Charles and Ruby St. Hill.
		Shirley Chisholm’s interest in local politics began with her father, who was a “Union man and a Garveyite.” She participated in local Bedford-Stuyvesant Democratic politics, working her way from decorating cigar boxes for the local Democratic Club to State Assemblywoman in 1964, serving until 1968.
		In 1968, Chisholm campaigned to represent New York's Twelfth Congressional District with the slogan: "Fighting Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed." She won the election, becoming the first African American woman elected to Congress.
	www.chisholm72.net /about_html_int.html (696 words)

	African American Journey: Chisholm, Shirley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shirley Chisholm, pronounced CHIHZ uhm, (1924-...) became the first African American woman to serve in the United States Congress.
		Chisholm, a New York Democrat, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983.
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born in the Brooklyn section of New York City.
	www.worldbook.com /wc/features/aajourney_new/html/aa_0_chisolm.shtml (187 words)

	Shirley Chisholm \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm made history when she was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968 – the first fl woman elected to Congress.
		Chisholm was one of 12 women in Congress in 1968.
		Chisholm, a former educator who became a champion for child care and education issues, died this week at age 80.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050104/news_lz1ed4bottom.html (169 words)

	Shirley Chisholm: Unbought, Unbossed, Unforgotten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born in 1924 to working-class parents who immigrated to United States from the West Indies.
		Chisholm is one of the many fl women who have been denied their rightful place in the history books.
		Chisholm herself is interviewed, and the archival footage from the 1970s brings her campaign to life.
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		Born on November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York, Shirley Anita St. Hill was the daughter of immigrants; her father was from British Guiana (now Guyana) and her mother from Barbados.
		In 1968 Chisholm was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating the civil-rights leader James Farmer.
		Chisholm, a founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, supported the Equal Rights Amendment and legalized abortions throughout her congressional career, which lasted from 1969 to 1983.
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	Shirley Chisholm
		Shirley St. Hill Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York to Charles and Ruby St. Hill.
		Shirley excelled in academics at Girls High School in Brooklyn from which she graduated in 1942.
		Her campaign slogan was "Fighting Shirley Chisholm--Unbought and Unbossed." She won the election and became the first African American woman elected to Congress.
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	Shirley Chisholm
		Chisholm was born and raised in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
		In 1972 Chisholm made a bid for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination, and received 151 delegate votes, but ultimately lost the nomination to South Dakota Senator George McGovern.
		She announced her retirement from government in 1982 and was replaced by a fellow Democrat in 1983.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/shirley_chisholm.html (329 words)

	AlterNet: Unbought and Unbossed
		In 1968 Shirley Chisholm officially stomped on the idea that leadership was the sole prerogative of fl men by becoming the first fl women elected to the U.S. Congress.
		Chisholm’s slight frame and demure appearance camouflaged the blunt and unflinching politician that she was.
		Chisholm sought to include domestic workers in minimum wage legislation, and delivered a passionate speech to her congressional colleagues about her own mother's experiences as a domestic worker.
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	Shirley Chisholm's Legacy
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, who four years earlier had become the first African-American woman to win election to Congress, declared that, "I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States.
		Chisholm, who died January 1 at age 80, ran as the "Unbought and Unbossed" candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate.
		Wallace was shocked when Chisholm arrived in his hospital room to express her sympathy and concern.
	www.commondreams.org /views05/0104-20.htm (802 words)

	Pacifica.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Chisholm served seven terms and was one of the first women ever to seek the presidential nomination of a major party, winning 151 delegates to the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami.
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, the first fl woman elected to Congress and the first woman to seek the Democratic nomination for President in 1972, has passed away in her Florida home at age 80.
		Chisholm was a fierce activist representing the impoverished people of the Bed Stuy section of Brooklyn and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Organization for Women (NOW).
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	Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm Biography / Biography of Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm Biography
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (born 1924) was the first Black woman to serve in the United States Congress.
		Chisholm received much of her primary education in her parents homeland, Barbados, under the strict eye of her maternal grandmother.
		Chisholm, who returned to New York when she was ten years old, credits her educational successes to the well-rounded early training she received in Barbados.
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	SHIRLEY CHISHOLM. Free term papers for college, book reports and research papers. Welcome to Get Term Papers
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York.
		Shirley at 3 years old and her 2 younger sisters, Muriel and Odessa went to live with their grandmother in Barbados, where they stayed for 7 years.
		Shirley served the House of Reps. from 1968 to 1983.
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	Blog of Death: Shirley Chisholm
		Chisholm taught at a nursery school, ran a day care center and served as an educational consultant with New York City's Bureau of Child Welfare, then she entered the political arena.
		Chisholm was the first African-American to conduct a large-scale campaign for the presidency within the two-party system.
		Chisholm that I wanted to be a lawyer, her words she spoke were moving and powerful so that it was then I said I will graduate and be someone.
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	Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She quickly gained national attention as a vocal critic of the war in Vietnam and the House seniority system and as an outspoken advocate of the interests of the urban poor.
		An active member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Chisholm made an unsuccessful bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination.
		Shirley Chisholm: Passing of a Democratic Party icon
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/ChisholmS1.asp (308 words)

	GO Brooklyn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed," playing now at BAM Rose Cinemas, examines Brooklyn native Shirley Chisholm's campaign to become the nation's first fl, female presidential nominee.
		Born Nov. 30, 1924, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm participated in Bedford-Stuyvesant politics and was elected assemblywoman in 1964.
		It seems that three decades later, Chisholm is still inspiring women to do work that matters and make their voices heard.
	www.go-brooklyn.com /html/issues/_vol27/27_37/chisholm.html (284 words)

	Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Chisholm had hoped to serve on a committee that addressed the problems of her constituents, who were predominantly fl and lived in Brooklyn, New York.
		After protesting to the House leadership, Chisholm was reassigned to the Veterans Affairs Committee, which was an improvement but far from ideal.
		Undaunted, Chisholm capitalized on her position to speak out against increased military spending, particularly at a time when social programs were, in her opinion, being unnecessarily slashed.
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	San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Democratic Party is a loser, and it needs to hear some of the things Shirley Chisholm discovered in her run for the presidency.
		When Shirley Chisholm set out that January day to run for the presidency of the United States, she said of herself: "I am not the candidate of fl America, although I am fl and proud.
		Shirley Chisholm began and ended her career as an educator.
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	Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (born 1924) was the first Black woman to serve in the United States Congress.
		Chisholm received much of her primary education in her parents homeland, Barbados, under the strict eye of her maternal grandmother.
		Chisholm, who returned to New York when she was ten years old, credits her educational successes to the well-rounded early training she received in Barbados.
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	Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm — Infoplease.com
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	Free Essays on Shirley Chisholm
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		Hill Chisholm was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York.
		Hill Chisholm is still live today as we speak.
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	Said it - Remember This - Sept/Oct 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1968, Shirley Chisolm became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, after a court-ordered reapportionment of New York's congressional districts.
		Born Shirley Anita St. Hill in Brooklyn, New York, on November 30th, 1924, Chisolm lived for several years in Barbados with her grandparents.
		Chisholm worked as a nursery school teacher from 1946 to 1952 and as the director of a child care center from 1953 to the early 1960s.
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	P.O.V. - CHISHOLM '72 . About Shirley Chisholm \| PBS
		Shirley Chisholm died in Florida at the age of 80 on January 1, 2005.
		Shirley Chisholm at Brooklyn's Concord Baptist Church, January 25, 1972.
		Share your reactions to "CHISHOLM '72" with us: talk about the film with other viewers or ask the filmmaker a question.
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	Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The: Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm 1924-2005@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The: Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm 1924-2005@ HighBeam Research
		Shirley Chisholm, an educator who in 1968 was the first fl woman in
		In 1924 Shirley Anita St. Hill was born in the New York City neighborhood
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	AllRefer.com - Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, U.S. History, Biographies
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm[chiz´um] Pronunciation Key, 1924–, U.S. Congresswoman (1969–83), b.
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	Peace Corps Online \| February 22, 2004 - Baltimore Sun: Shirley Chisholm: Unbought, unbossed, unforgotten
		February 22, 2004 - Baltimore Sun: Shirley Chisholm: Unbought, unbossed, unforgotten
		Thank you for bringing Shirley to the forefront here.
		She certainly made an impact on people, members of Congress and the lives around her.
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	American Rhetoric: Shirley Chisholm - For the Equal Rights Amendment (Aug 10, 1970)
		American Rhetoric: Shirley Chisholm - For the Equal Rights Amendment (Aug 10, 1970)
		Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm: "For the Equal Rights Amendment"
		Speaker, House Joint Resolution 264, before us today, which provides for equality under the law for both men and women, represents one of the most clear-cut opportunities we are likely to have to declare our faith in the principles that shaped our Constitution.
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