Shirley Chisholm is Progressive-of-the-Week

[Eric J in MN]

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm is the first woman to be named MoveLeft Media's Progressive Person-of-the-Week.

More significantly, she is the first black woman elected to the US Congress.

She was first elected to Congress in 1968, as a Democrat who represented part of New York City's borough of Brooklyn.

She died Saturday at age 80.

Her career included running for president in 1972 under the slogan, "Unbought and Unbossed."

As a Congresswoman, she was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War and the draft and sought to reduce military spending.

She supported spending increases for education and healthcare.

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