First Negress Elected
(N.Z.P A.-Reuter—Copyright) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Shirley Chisholm, a Democrat, became the first Negro woman to be elected to Congress, the Associated Press reported. Mrs Chisholm won the seat by defeating Mr James Farmer, a Republican and former national director of the Congress of Racial Equality,
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31830, 7 November 1968, Page 11
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