TODAY'S CHOICE FOR INTERNATONAL WOMAN'S DAY AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, A WOMAN OF EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE AND DETERMINATION WHO CHAMPIONED RACIAL AND GENDER EQUALITY AND THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR.

SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS AND THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND WOMAN TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY.