While in the House, she worked on city education issues, and to increase the minimum wage.  
She beat James Farmer to win her seat in the newly reapportioned 12th district in New York City in 1968 and ironically she was appointed to the rural forests subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee.  Nominated by Bill Clinton to serve as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica in 2005, she died before she could serve.  While in the House, she worked on city education issues, and to increase the minimum wage.  In her most famous election, she received more than 10% of the delegates for President at the Democratic National Convention.  For ten points, name this New York Congresswoman, the first African-American woman to serve in the House and the first to seek a major party's nomination for President.
She beat James Farmer to win her seat in the newly reapportioned 12th district in New York City in 1968 and ironically she was appointed to the rural forests subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee.  
Shirley Anita St. Hill {Chisholm}