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Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

Alicia D. Williams

Illustrator: April Harrison

Ages: 6+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Anne Schartz/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-593-12368-3

Keywords: feminism, women in politics

The Brooklyn-born child of Barbadian parents grows up to be a political trailblazer. Acrylic and mixed-media collage illustrations.