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| Shirley Chisholm |
Shirley Chisholm is most known for being the first African American woman elected to congress as well as the first African American woman to run for President of the United States. Early i her congressional career she was selected to serve on the House Agricultural Committee. She was a representative of New York's 12th district (Manhattan) and felt it was a bad placement. There she helped establish programs like WIC. Later she was transferred to the Veteran's Affairs Committee, she thought this was a better fit seeing as she had more veterans in her district than agricultural laborers. She ran fro president in 1972. Her famous slogan was "Unbought and Unbossed" She always felt that was was discriminated against more for being a woman than for her race. She has paved the way for women and people of color making a positive impact in her wake.
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