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셜리 치점(영어: Shirley Chisholm, 1924년 11월 30일 ~ 2005년 1월 1일)은 미국 정치가이자 교육가, 저술가다. 1969년부터 1983년까지 뉴욕 12번구 하원의원을 지냈다. 1968년 미국 의회 최초 흑인 여성 의원이 되었으며, 1972년엔 흑인 최초로 미국 대통령 선거에 민주당 경선 후보로 출마하였다.
Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Throughout her career, she was known for taking "a resolute stand against economic, social, and political injustices", as well as being a strong supporter of black civil rights and women's rights.
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