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Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm - Hardcover

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lesa Cline-Ransome, Kaylani Juanita (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2023-09-19Pages:48
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman BooksISBN-13:9781534463523ISBN-10:1534463526UPC:9781534463523Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Girls & Women, People & PlacesBook Topic:Political, United StatesSize:12.70 x 9.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC4H8NV9WV
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"History shines" (School Library Journal, starred review) in this inspirational, "vibrantly colored, boisterous, and well-paced" (Booklist, starred review) picture book biography of trailblazer Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman in Congress and the first woman and African American to enter the Democratic presidential race, by award-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome.

Shirley Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York, where her immigrant parents scraped and saved while Shirley learned all the love in the world couldn't pay the rent. Her father encouraged her ambition early on, telling her, "God gave you a brain, use it." Shirley worked hard and landed a full scholarship to Brooklyn College where she started advocating for people like her by starting a club for Black women.

When her political science professor told her she should go into politics, Shirley paid attention. She broke new ground and heard "Go home to your husband" and "You don't belong here" when she was campaigning. But that didn't stop her; in fact, it made her work harder until she became the first African American woman in Congress in 1968, where she ended up serving seven terms, and advocated for important bills such as the Equal Rights Amendment. She even sought the nomination for president of the United States in 1972.​

Shirley Chisholm's life and legacy served as a catalyst for progress in America and changed the world.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman BooksISBN-13:9781534463523ISBN-10:1534463526UPC:9781534463523Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, Girls & Women, People & PlacesBook Topic:Political, United StatesSize:12.70 x 9.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC4H8NV9WV
Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of numerous nonfiction and historical fiction titles for picture book, chapter book, middle grade, and young adult readers including Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams and The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne. Her verse biography of Harriet Tubman, Before She Was Harriet was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and received a Jane Addams Children's Book Honor, Christopher Award, and Coretta Scott King Honor for Illustration. Her debut middle grade novel, Finding Langston, won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and received the Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and frequent collaborator, James Ransome, and their family. Visit her at LesaClineRansome.com.

Kaylani Juanita is an illustrator based in Fairfield, California, who illustrates inclusive picture books, editorial art, and afros. Her book Magnificent Bomespun Brown, written by Samara Cole Doyon, received the 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Award for illustration. Her work has been recognized by Society of Illustrators, HuffPost, and BBC. California grown and raised, she studied at CalArts and California College of the Arts for a BFA in illustration. Her mission as an artist is to support the stories of the underrepresented and create new ways for people to imagine themselves. You can find her lurking in public secretly drawing strangers or writing nonsensical stories about who knows what.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

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Lesa Cline-Ransome, Kaylani Juanita (Illustrator)

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Lesa Cline-Ransome

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