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    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...
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  • Shirley is a 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by John Ridley. It depicts the 1972 presidential run of Shirley Chisholm, who was...
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    on account of being under the required age (35), withdrew. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Congresswoman from New York, was a candidate for the Democratic...
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    nominee Hubert Humphrey, governor George Wallace, and representative Shirley Chisholm. Nixon emphasized the strong economy and his success in foreign affairs...
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    Motion Picture. King next produced Netflix's Shirley, a biopic about the first black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm during her historic presidential campaign...
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    Shirley Chisholm State Park is a 407-acre (1.65 km2) state park in southeastern Brooklyn, New York City. It is bound by Belt Parkway and Spring Creek Park...
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  • various characters, including Harriet Tubman, Bessie Coleman, and Shirley Chisholm. Nick Kroll as various characters, including Schmuck Mudman, Judas...
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    categories for the same role.[better source needed] In 2020, Aduba played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, for which she won a Emmy Award...
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  • prominent second-wave feminists including Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Jill Ruckelshaus – the series explores how one of...
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    none won any contests. Jackson was the second African-American (after Shirley Chisholm) to mount a nationwide campaign for the presidency, and he was the...
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    nominee of the Communist Party USA, winning 1,075 votes. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first black candidate for a major party's presidential nomination...
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    Caucus (NWPC), including such notables as Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, and Myrlie Evers-Williams. As a co-convener of the Caucus, she delivered...
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    She started her career by working on the presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, and she later was involved with the Black Panther Party. After working...
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  • British silent film Shirley (2020 film), an American film Shirley (2024 film), an American biographical film about Shirley Chisholm Shirley (album), a 1961...
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    amid a growing economic crisis, Muskie led Nixon. U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm from Queens announced her candidacy in January 1972, making her the...
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    district. He was first elected to replace retiring Representative Shirley Chisholm. Owens shepherded the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 through...
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    Schodack Island Schunemunk Mountain Selkirk Shores Seneca Lake Shadmoor Shirley Chisholm Silver Lake Sonnenberg Gardens Southwick Beach St. Lawrence State Park...
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    Fillmore, First Lady Abigail Fillmore, singer Rick James, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, and inventors Lawrence Dale Bell and Willis Carrier. Forest Lawn is...
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    become a major lobbying force. In 1969, newly elected representative Shirley Chisholm of New York gave her famous speech "Equal Rights for Women" on the...
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    Elion 1993 Ethel Percy Andrus Antoinette Blackwell Emily Blackwell Shirley Chisholm Jacqueline Cochran Ruth Colvin Marian Wright Edelman Alice Evans Betty...
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    Dawson in 1949. The first African-American woman was Representative Shirley Chisholm in 1968, and the first African American to become Dean of the House...
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    Four Freedoms Gantry Plaza Marsha P. Johnson Riverbank Roberto Clemente Shirley Chisholm State recreation lands Mount Loretto Unique Area Udalls Cove...
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    her community. On March 20, 2015, Joanne Smith was awarded with a Shirley Chisholm Women of Distinction award at Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch...
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    visual artist Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), American politician, educator and author, first African-American woman elected to Congress Shirley Clamp (born...
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    the 1972 Democratic National Convention in support of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. That year at the DNC Friedan played a very prominent role and addressed...
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    1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus....
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    Jackson, Alabama Governor George Wallace, and New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. This was the first presidential election after the McGovern–Fraser...
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    group of black members of the House of Representatives, including Shirley Chisholm of New York, Louis Stokes of Ohio and William L. Clay of Missouri....
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    hospital by Democratic Representative and presidential primary rival Shirley Chisholm, a representative from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. At the time, she...
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    Avenue entrance would be converted into a welcome center named for Shirley Chisholm, which was expected to open in 2026. Prospect Park occupies 526 acres...
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