Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 30. November 1924 |
Geburtsort | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Todesort | Ormond_Beach,_Florida |
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Beschreibung | Shirley Anita Chisholm (/ˈtʃɪzəm/ CHIZ-əm; 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 on Bedford–Stuyvesant, for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's nomination. |
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl.