Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Change Book cover type:Paperback the more we can be

the more we can be there for others—our friends

Her black-veiled image at the funeral of her husband

and a passionate supporter for humanitarian causes

He and his little sister

scooping them up for her granddaughter

Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Change Book cover type:Paperback the more we can beShirley Chisholm was a shero, a born leader, and a pioneer for women and Black people in America. She was an educator in her early career and later entered politics, becoming the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's nomination, and the first Black candidate to seek a major party endorsement. In 2015, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. Shirley Chisholm