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Shirley Chisholm

1924 - 2005

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Shirley Anita Chisholm ( 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 in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 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 presidential nomination. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shirley Chisholm is the 7,227th most popular politician (up from 14,291st in 2019), the 2,648th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,561st in 2019) and the 221st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shirley Chisholm ranks 7,227 out of 19,576. Before her are Alexios Komnenos, Konstanty Ostrogski, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Fa Ngum, Taimur bin Feisal, and Antoine Gizenga. After her are Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, John C. Calhoun, Dimitrije Ljotić, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Arthur Greiser, and Duchess Amalie in Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Shirley Chisholm ranks 116. Before her are Charles Bachman, Danielle Mitterrand, Geraldine Page, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Jean Girault, and Jozef Tomko. After her are Marina Berti, Neville Marriner, Paul Desmond, Raymond Barre, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Hidemaro Watanabe. Among people deceased in 2005, Shirley Chisholm ranks 80. Before her are Robert Moog, Dana Elcar, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Will Eisner, Álvaro Cunhal, and Yao Wenyuan. After her are Charly Gaul, Zhang Chunqiao, Richard Pryor, Ghena Dimitrova, Simone Simon, and Amrish Puri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Chisholm ranks 2,648 out of 20,380. Before her are Christina Aguilera (1980), John Breckinridge (1760), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Michael Phelps (1985), Jean Tatlock (1914), and Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890). After her are John C. Calhoun (1782), Don Rickles (1926), Stephen Crane (1871), LP (1981), Andrea M. Ghez (1965), and Aaron Spelling (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Shirley Chisholm ranks 221. Before her are George Wallace (1919), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Maggie Hassan (1958), Samuel Adams (1722), Mike Pompeo (1963), and John Breckinridge (1760). After her are John C. Calhoun (1782), Cus D'Amato (1908), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), Kamehameha II (1797), Ron Brown (1941), and Henry Wilson (1812).

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