Shirley Chisholm: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation - Avoice - Women of the CBC: Shirley A. Chisholm. Oct 15, 2026
Add new Web site: Museum of the City of New York - Shirley Chisholm: Paving the Way for Kamala Harris. Aug 13, 2026
Add new Web site: CBS News - First black congresswoman revered on Capitol Hill 50 years after her election. Apr 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
Add new Web site: GovInfo - Shirley A. Chisholm 1924–2005 (PDF). Nov 28, 2025
Anniversary information added. Nov 26, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - A Look Back On Shirley Chisholm's Historic 1968 House Victory. Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Sunday Extra - Shirley Chisholm's centenary. Jul 04, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC News - Before Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm. May 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Buffalo State Digital Commons - Shirley Chisholm: Black Women in America. Apr 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Iowa State University - Archives of Women's Political Communication - Shirley Chisholm. Nov 11, 2024
Added a banner to the women in politics collections page. Oct 08, 2024
Added a banner to the timeline of women in politics. Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Shirley Chisholm. Aug 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Black History in America - Shirley Chisholm. May 20, 2024
Article revised and updated. Mar 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Zinn Education Project - Nov. 30, 1924: Shirley Chisholm Born. Feb 27, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Jan 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation - Avoice - Women of the CBC: Shirley A. Chisholm. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Shirley Chisholm. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Brooklyn College - Learn More About Shirley Chisholm. Sep 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Social Networks and Archival Context - Biography of Shirley Chisholm. May 06, 2023
Add new Web site: United States House of Representatives - History, Art and Archives - Shirley Anita Chisholm. Mar 25, 2023
Media added. Sep 19, 2022
Changed the date of her master's degree from “1952” to 1951.” Jul 12, 2022
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Shirley Chisholm. May 15, 2022
Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of Shirley Chisholm. Jan 20, 2017
Added that she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Jan 21, 2016
Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Shirley Chisholm. Dec 16, 2013
Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Shirley Chisholm. Dec 16, 2013
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Shirley Anita Chisholm. Apr 22, 2013
Added photograph. Oct 24, 2012
Article revised. Jan 06, 2005
Article revised. Dec 17, 1999
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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