Chisholm Portrait

Suomen Kuvalehti - Finland

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee, D- Calif., left, and members of the CBC, from third from left, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., and Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., attend the unveiling of the portrait of the late New York Rep. Shirley Chisholm, marking the 40th anniversary of Congresswoman Chisholm’s swearing in as a member of the House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 3, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In 1968, Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to Congress.