As the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968, Shirley Chisolm was determined to open doors. She co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971. The next year she became the first woman and Black person to seek a major party’s nomination for president. She lost the nomination to George McGovern, but went on to have a successful career in Congress becoming the first Black woman, and second ever woman ever to serve on the House Rules Committee. Chisholm is largely viewed as a predecessor to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Vice President Kamala Harris. She is also the subject of  an upcoming biographical film on Netflix, due out in March.