Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) graduated from Brooklyn College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and later she completed a Master’s degree in elementary education at Columbia University’s Teachers College. She spent a decade working in early childhood education and became an expert in the field. She became involved in Brooklyn’s political groups - the Bedford-Stuyvesant Political League, and the League of Women Voters. Shirley was elected to the New York State Assembly where she served for 3 years. Shirley was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. She was assigned to work in the House Agriculture Committee. Later, she was one of the members who created the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Women’s Political Caucus. In 1972 she became the first Black female candidate to be considered to run for the President of the United States. In 1983 Chisholm left politics and focused on teaching politics and sociology and gave speeches across the country.