Shirley Chisholm

Born: 1924 in Brooklyn, NY

Died: 2005

Before politics she was a school teacher and director of a Child Care Center.

Elected to Congress in 1968 & served seven (yes 7!) terms in House of Representatives.

Worked on Education & Labor Committees and helped form the Black Caucus.

Became the first African American, man or woman, from a major political party to run for US President (1972).

Said: “In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing — anti humanism.”