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Shirley Anita Chisholm Lapel Pin

White lapel pin with a black and white side profile of Shirley Anita Chisholm within a red female gender symbol. Along the circular pin rim is red text reading, “Shirley Chisholm for President ‘_to represent all Americans.’”/tiles/collection/2/2545.xml
White lapel pin with a black and white side profile of Shirley Anita Chisholm within a red female gender symbol. Along the circular pin rim is red text reading, “Shirley Chisholm for President ‘_to represent all Americans.’”
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Date

1972

Dimensions

Diameter: 1 3/4 × 1/8 in. (4.4 × 0.3 cm)

Accession Number

2007.073.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S.House of Representatives

Object Details

This campaign button marks Representative Shirley Chisholm’s presidential run. A bold and outspoken Member of Congress beginning in 1969, Chisholm continued to challenge expectations with her 1972 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Though largely a symbolic undertaking, she was the first African-American woman who was a serious candidate for a major party nomination. As suggested by the design of this button for that landmark campaign, Chisholm found gender a greater hurdle than her race in her political career.

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