History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2117 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Shirley Chisholm
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The idea
In nineteen sixty-eight Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn became the first Black woman elected to Congress, and in nineteen seventy-two she sought the Democratic presidential nomination.
In practice
Chisholm winning ten percent of the Democratic delegates, the anchor records, though allowed only one speech in the debates.
Where people slip
The Yawp adds that she won domestic workers a minimum wage in nineteen seventy-four.
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