SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

The Chairmen of the Committees then had tremendous, almost unilateral power. The chairman reached seniority by being elected over and over and had little opposition. At the time they were almost all older Democratic Congressmen from the "Solid South", very conservative and still racists despite the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They were outraged when a Freshmen member of Congress who rarely made a public statement, took on the most powerful members of the House and wanted to reform the Seniority. But Ms. Chisholm was a teacher in her professional life, and by challenging the seniority system and attracting the enmity of most of the Chairmen, the media and the public started to cover the dispute and Chisholm explained to America exactly how the system worked and how undemocratic and racist it was. Her effort put the Seniority System on the public agenda, and reforms evolved over the next decades." She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

An anti-bussing amendment was being debated in the House: She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency. Virginia Woodhull was the first female Presidential Candidate.

The was able to be elected to Congress without depending in the then New York party bosses and not taking money from large companies and lobbyists. She was totally independent. In 1970 Unbught and Unbossed was the title of her book.

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency

She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency