Shirley Chisholm | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts

Shirley Chisholm, née Shirley Anita St. Hill, (born November 30, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida), American politician, the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Shirley St. Hill was the daughter of immigrants; her father was from British Guiana (now Guyana) and her mother from Barbados. She grew up in Barbados and in her native Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A., 1946). While teaching nursery school and serving as director of the Friends Day Nursery in Brooklyn, she studied elementary education at Columbia University (M.A., 1951) and

Related Keywords

New York , United States , Paris , France General , France , Brooklyn , Reims , Champagne Ardenne , Florida , Vietnam , Republic Of , Jamaica , Guyana , Columbia University , Barbados , Ormond Beach , British Guiana , American , James Farmer , Shirley Chisholm , Conradq Chisholm , Jean Auguste Dominique , Bill Clinton , Us Congress , Brooklyn College , Spelman College , National Women Political Caucus , Unity Democratic Club , Purington Professor At Mount Holyoke College , Louvre Museum , Shirley Anita , African American , Friends Day Nursery , New York City , National Association , Colored People , Unity Democratic , King Charles , Reims Cathedral , National Women , Political Caucus , Equal Rights Amendment , Good Fight , Purington Professor , Mount Holyoke College , Presidential Medal , Ncyclopedia , Ncyclopeadia , Ritannica , Article ,