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1924                                                 Shirley Anita St. Hill was born on November 30, 1924 to immigrant parents           

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1924                                                 Shirley Anita St. Hill was born on November 30, 1924 to immigrant parents           

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1929                                                        In November 1929, when Shirley had just turned five, she and her sisters were sent to Barbados to live with their maternal grandmother, Emaline Seale.15 She stated that, "Grandma gave me strength, dignity and love.

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1929                                                        In November 1929, when Shirley had just turned five, she and her sisters were sent to Barbados to live with their maternal grandmother, Emaline Seale.15 She stated that, "Grandma gave me strength, dignity and love.

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1939                                                  From 1939, St. Hill attended a girls' school in Bedford–Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, a well-regarded integration school attended by girls from all over Brooklyn.21 St. Hill earned her Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College in 1946.        

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1939                                                  From 1939, St. Hill attended a girls' school in Bedford–Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, a well-regarded integration school attended by girls from all over Brooklyn.21 St. Hill earned her Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College in 1946.        

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1968                                                    She became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress and represented the congressional district of New York State in the House of Representatives 

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1968                                                    She became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress and represented the congressional district of New York State in the House of Representatives 

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Shirley spoke throughout her life with Caribbean accent.10 In his 1970 autobiography Unbought and Unbossed, he wrote: "Years later I would understand what a wonderful gift my parents had given me by ensuring that I received a strict, traditional British education in Barbados

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She was elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame in Additionally, in 2015, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, considered the highest civilian honor in the United States.

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she died January 1, 2005 (age 80) Ormond Beach, Florida; United States, died from a stroke