【美国人物志】雪莉•奇泽姆(4/10)

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雪莉•奇泽姆是美国黑人女性的一面旗帜，她关心黑人，也关心其他有色人种，关心女性，关心儿童。她是一个正直的，勇敢的，呼吁变革的时代先锋。
       
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Shirley Chisholm
New York State Assembly
United States Congress
Twelfth District of New York City
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Miz Chisholm
House Agriculture Committee
Veterans Affairs Committee
Education and Labor Committee
House Rules Committee.
         
In 1964 Shirley Chisholm's political career began. She was elected to the New York State Assembly. She served for four years.
In 1968 she announced she would run for the United States Congress. She was elected from the newly created Twelfth District of New York City. She became the first black woman elected to Congress. She represented a poor area of Brooklyn called Bedford-Stuyvesant.
In Congress, Miz Chisholm was assigned to the House Agriculture Committee. She protested this assignment. She felt it was not important to the poor people of the city that she represented. She was moved to the Veterans Affairs Committee. She later served on the Education and Labor Committee, the position she wanted. In 1977 she joined the important House Rules Committee.1964年雪莉·奇泽姆的政治生涯开始了。她入选了纽约议会并工作了4年时间。1968年她宣布竞选国会议员。她从纽约新创建的第12区脱颖而出，成为了第一个入选国会的黑人女性。她代表了布鲁克林的一个贫困地区：贝德福特·史蒂文森。

在国会，奇泽姆女士被分配到了参议院农业委员会。她反对接受这个职位，因为她觉得那些工作这对那些她所代表的穷苦人民并不重要。于是她便被调到了她所希望的退伍军人事务委员会。1977年她加入了有重要作用的众议院规则委员会。