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Chisholm

American  
[chiz-uhm] / ˈtʃɪz əm /

noun

  1. Shirley Anita St. Hill, 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives.


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Chisholm read the whole book, published under the pen name Tori Woods, and found a reasonable reader would find it "undeniably offensive".

From BBC

Jamie Chisholm is a markets reporter based in London.

From MarketWatch

Shirley Chisholm became the first Negro woman elected to Congress.

From Literature

As MarketWatch’s Jamie Chisholm reported, a group of strategists at Citi said that bitcoin’s more than 20% drop into bear-market territory may signal liquidity issues, especially as tech stocks fall.

From MarketWatch

Janet Chisholm wore a Russian fur hat and carried a shopping bag, blending in with the crowd on the sidewalks of Arbat Street in central Moscow.

From Literature