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Shirley Chisholm dared : the story of the first Black woman in Congress

by Williams, Alicia, 1970-

Format: Print Book 2021
Availability: Available at 11 Libraries 11 of 13 copies

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Baldwin Borough Library Biography BIO J CHI
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Northland Public Library Children's Biography J B CHISHOLM
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Robinson Library Juvenile Biography J BIOGRAPH CHISHOLM
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Summary
Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.

Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly...and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? "Fighting Shirley Chisholm--Unbought and Unbossed!" Does she win? You bet she does.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "This vibrant picture book tells of Shirley Chisholm, the daughter of West Indian immigrants and the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. As young children, she and her sisters were sent to live with their grandmother in Barbados. They returned to Brooklyn six years later, during the Great Depression. Shirley's father reminded her daily, "Study and make something of yourself." She took it to heart, graduating from college and working in education, while taking an active role in community affairs. After serving in the New York State Assembly, she ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and won. The main text concludes there. Her later candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination is one of many biographical facts in the appended author's note. Besides telling of Chisholm's life from childhood through her election to Congress, the story conveys a sense of her as a hardworking, "bold, brassy" woman who spoke up for the disadvantaged. Created with acrylics and mixed-media collage, Harrison's striking illustrations are notable for her use of line, color, and pattern. A handsome picture-book biography."
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "In this informative, accessible picture book biography, Newbery Honoree Williams profiles Shirley Chisholm (1924--2005), presenting her Brooklyn beginnings; her six years growing up in Barbados; and her subsequent education and fight to join the New York State Assembly and then Congress. Employing an italicized refrain of others' judgments throughout Chisholm's life ("That young lady is rebellious!"), Williams relays the various challenges and achievements Chisholm faced at each stage: "Politicians keep making promises. Yet nothing changes./ So Shirley steps her white oxford heels back into politics." Acrylic and mixed media collage art by Harrison has a multilayered, folk art sensibility, featuring textures, angles, and expressive figures of differing skin tones. A solid primer on a Black political visionary. Back matter includes an author's note. Ages 4--8. (June)"
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Additional Information
Subjects Chisholm, Shirley, -- 1924-2005 -- Juvenile literature.
Chisholm, Shirley, -- 1924-2005.
United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Teachers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women teachers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women teachers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography.
Legislators -- Biography.
Presidential candidates -- Biography.
Teachers -- Biography.
Biographies.
Publisher New York :Anne Schwartz Books,2021
Edition First edition.
Contributors Harrison, April, illustrator.
Audience Ages 4-8, Grades K-1.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN 9780593123683
0593123689
9780593123690
0593123697
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