Women's History Month-Trailblazers

California State University at Bakersfield Athletics


SHIRLEY CHISHOLM Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972)	PATSY MINK Patsy Mink was the first woman of color elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Asian-American woman to serve in Congress.


MALALA YOUSAFZAI The daughter of an outspoken social activist and educator, Yousafzai was an excellent student.	MADAM C.J. WALKER Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time.