Shirley Chisolm, Early Childhood Leader and Congressperson
Beginning her career as a Teacher’s Aide in a Brooklyn childcare center, Shirley Chisholm, born in 1924, earned a Master’s degree and became an early childhood teacher and expert in early education. She served as director of a childcare center until the late 1950s, then as an educational consultant for New York City. In 1968, Ms. Chisolm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.
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