Making History: Black Women in American Politics

Making History: Black Women in American Politics Lottie Shackelford becomes the first Black 1938 1972 Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset (D-PA) Shirley Chisholm becomes the first woman mayor of one of the nation's 100 largest cities (Little Rock, Arkansas). 2008 becomes first Black woman 1987 woman and the first Black person to have her name placed in nomination for the presidency at a Karen Bass (D-CA) becomes the first Black woman elected to a state legislature. 1993 speaker of a state house. Democratic National Convention. Pamela Carter (D-IN) becomes the first Black woman elected to a statewide executive office. ND WE'RE VOI OBAMAL 1929 1977 Minnie Buckingham Harper (R-WV) becomes first Black woman appointed to a state legislature. Patricia Roberts Harris becomes the 1968 2008 1992 Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) becomes first Black woman first Black women appointed to a presidential Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) becomes the first Black Black women vote at a higher rate than all other race x gender subgroups for the first time in U.S. history (repeated in 2012). elected to Congress. MOSELEY woman elected to the United States Senate. cabinet. Barbara Jordan (D-TX) becomes the first Black woman to deliver the keynote address at a major party convention. RUTGERS 1976 SENATE U.S. Center for American Women and Politics BRAUN