Shirley Chisholm Runs for President

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for the presidential nomination with Bella Abzug, 1972. Thomas O’Halloran/Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C.

Women’s Political Caucus group at the Democratic convention, 1972. Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute.

Poster for presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, 1972. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gifted with pride from Ellen Brooks.