Curious, I looked it up. She was a garment worker and telephone operator before becoming an assistant teacher. Doesn't look like she accomplished anything as a politician other than screaming for black politics; for example pushing divestment from South Africa. She indeed is very puny compared to the achievements of Dr. Ben Carson.
“...for example pushing divestment from South Africa.” Which went from a first-world country to a third-world outhouse in the blink of an eye.