Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm‘s source of wealth comes from being a politician. How much money is Shirley Chisholm worth at the age of 100 and what’s her real net worth now?

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Shirley Chisholm (born November 30, 1924) is famous for being politician. She currently resides in Brooklyn. Politician and Democrat who became the first African-American woman elected to Congress in 1968. She represented New York for seven terms in Congress and in 1972 she became the first major-party black candidate for President and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Shirley Chisholm is a Sagittarius and was born in The Year of the Rat

Life

Shirley Chisholm was born in Brooklyn on Sunday, November 30, 1924 (G.I. Generation generation). She is 100 years old and is a Sagittarius. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination (US Senator Margaret Chase Smith had previously run for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination). She received 152 first-ballot votes at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. She created controversy when she visited rival and ideological opposite George Wallace, who was a noted racist, in the hospital soon after his shooting in May 1972.

She worked as a director and educational consultant for Day Cares. Shirley Anita St. Hill attended Girls High School and Brooklyn College and earned a BA in 1947 For Elementary Education, Columbia University Earned a MA in Elementary Education in 1952. Shirley Chisholm is a member of Richest Celebrities and Politicians.