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POLITICIAN

Shirley Chisholm

1924 - 2005

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Shirley Anita Chisholm ( CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Chisholm has received more than 5,531,859 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Shirley Chisholm is the 13,165th most popular politician (down from 10,501st in 2019), the 6,093rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,283rd in 2019) and the 384th most popular American Politician.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shirley Chisholm ranks 13,165 out of 15,577. Before her are Dragan Tsankov, Emil Welti, Elisabeth Rehn, Ignaz von Rudhart, Shuttarna III, and Sun Chunlan. After her are Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Esperanza Aguirre, Chris Watson, Mohammed Basindawa, and Ali Zeidan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Shirley Chisholm ranks 285. Before her are Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Peter Scholl-Latour, Boris Vasilyev, Karel Kachyňa, Kihachi Okamoto, and Kenny Dorham. After her are György Lázár, Joan Aiken, Ron Moody, Scott Brady, Leo Buscaglia, and Ruth Leuwerik. Among people deceased in 2005, Shirley Chisholm ranks 208. Before her are Mario David, Otar Korkia, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Cliff Allison, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Kihachi Okamoto. After her are Larry Collins, Colette Besson, Eugenia Charles, Jack Colvin, Fabrizio Meoni, and Joe Ranft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Chisholm ranks 6,093 out of 18,182. Before her are Evan Peters (1987), Dylan Walsh (1963), Michael Spinks (1956), Kenny Dorham (1924), Beth Hart (1972), and Adam Darius (1930). After her are Frederick Terman (1900), Topher Grace (1978), Bob Hite (1943), Ally Sheedy (1962), Charlaine Harris (1951), and Amiri Baraka (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Shirley Chisholm ranks 384. Before her are Jubal Early (1816), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Alf Landon (1887), Rick Perry (1950), Larry O'Brien (1917), and Salmon P. Chase (1808). After her are Charles Lang (1902), Al Smith (1873), Anna Harrison (1775), John Ashcroft (1942), Vernon A. Walters (1917), and Jay Garner (1938).

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