Truth Teller #16 Shirley Chisholm

 Truth Teller #16 Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the U. S. House of Representatives. In Congress, where she served 7 terms, she was an advocate for children, minorities and women. She became the first African American and first woman to seek the presidential nomination of one of the two major U.S. Parties when she ran against George McGovern in 1972. During that campaign she refused to be intimidated by several assassination attempts, but lost to McGovern at the convention. After retiring from Congress she helped found the National Political Congress of Black Women and taught at Mount Holyoke College.