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Information sites related to the first African-American woman to be elected to Congress.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/shirleychisholmequalrights.htm
Full text of speech for the Equal Rights Amendment.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000371
Short biography along with political party, years of service in Congress and bibliography.
http://www.visionaryproject.org/chisholmshirley/
Includes biography and oral history archives.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/chisholm/
Offers video highlight of her presidential run of 1972.
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/shirleychisholm.htm
A biography of black Congresswoman from New York, who worked for women's and minority rights.
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/index.php?link=112005
Brooklyn College event information.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/obituaries/03chisholm.html?_r=1&ex=1171602000&en=f9a19f37f9ec3a55&ei=5070
New York Times obituary.
http://chisholmproject.com/
Repository of women’s grassroots social activism in Brooklyn since 1945 and ongoing in the present. Includes project information and history of former congresswoman.
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