Loud and proud : the life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 222912 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 4-8   


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Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American legislators - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography African American presidential candidates - Biography Women presidential candidates - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Biography New York (N.Y.) - Biography

Summary: Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972).

Not done yet : Shirley Chisholm's fight for change by Brown, Tameka Fryer 

BTSB Prebound(Millbrook Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 158126 Available

Dewey: 328.73/BAges: 5-9   
Lexile: 590

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Subjects: Chisholm, Shirley,|d1924-2005 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse - Biography African American legislators - Biography Women legislators - United States - Biography Legislators - United States - Biography African American presidential candidates - Biography Women presidential candidates - United States - Biography Presidential candidates - United States - Biography Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Biography New York (N.Y.) - Biography

Summary: Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president.