Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American congresswoman elected in 1968. Chisholm, a Brooklyn, New York native, had an ambitious political career that led her to landmark many firsts in black history as a Black woman in America. She represented New York for seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives….
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson (born 1946) is the former head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where she reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to public health and safety. She is the first female African American to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Jackson’s outstanding leadership in education, science,…
