Shirley Chisholm counts votes

Shirley Chisholm, counting votes in 1965. Chisholm was a member of the New York state legislature from 1965 until 1969, when she began serving in the U.S. Congress. Shirley Chisholm was born in 1924, so she turned 41 the year this photo was taken.

Photo by Roger Higgins. From the U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital ID: cph 3c35429