PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A one-woman show coming to West Philadelphia tells the story of a historical figure often left out of history books. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first ...

Gloria Steinem spoke to an audience about collaboration, challenging the status quo and creating institutions led by women.

Chisholm takes a determined and difficult run at the 1972 presidential nomination for the Democratic Party. Chisholm even has to file a complaint with the FCC to force her way into a TV debate.

Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 run for the Democratic presidential nomination, a first for a Black woman. Dukes, who seconded Chisholm’s nomination, set the tone for Stafford’s multiformat piece, offering an ...

“The Honorable Shirley Chisholm was one of the most consequential African American political leaders of our time. Her historic run for President was only one of her many firsts. Ms. Chisholm was ...

Award-winning playwright Ingrid Griffith will perform her solo show Shirley Chisholm ... elected to the United States Congress and run for U.S. President. This immersive and interactive one ...

A new hat - or rather a bonnet - was tossed into the Democratic presidential race today, that of Mrs Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to serve in Congress.” Shirley Chisholm's candidacy ...

“Shirley Chisholm grew up just steps away from Brooklyn Children ... Chisholm made history in 1968 as the first Black woman elected to Congress and became the first woman to run for president in one ...

The Netflix film focuses on the historic and improbable presidential run of Shirley Chisholm. She was the first black woman elected to the United States congress, and in 1972 she also became the ...

A Buffalo cultural committee has announced that local artist Julia Bottoms will be designing a bronze statue honoring the late Shirley Chisholm ... s nomination for the presidential office.