Shirley Chisholm
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this classic work-a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today-the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York's dynamic representative Shirley Chisholm, traces her extensive political struggle and examines the problems that have long plagued the American system of government.
"A tremendously impressive book." -Washington Post
"What [Chisholm] did was so pioneering. . . . She embraced...
Author
Language
English
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Description
The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman and person of color-a work of immense historical importance that both captures and transcends its times, newly reissued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of her campaign.
"Shirley Chisholm's fearless determination has been an inspiration to so many of us." -Regina King
Before Kamala Harris, before Hillary...
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across a century and a half, this anthology features speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. -- From publisher's description.
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Publisher
Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address to the 2015 Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, the updated collection preserves the documents of the first edition and introduces the landmark statements that are impacting our nation today." --
Author
Publisher
RealClear Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"The first anthology to put a spotlight on American women speakers from 1637 to the present and explain how each contributed to the making of the nation. Women have not been silent in US history, but you'd hardly know it from the history books. Speaking While Female challenges long-held notions by showing that in every period, at every historic juncture, women have contributed decisively to American ideals, institutions, and culture by stepping up...
Series
Library of America ; Special Publication
Publisher
A Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the book exploded into women's consciousness. Before the decade was out, what had begun as a campaign for women's civil rights transformed into a diverse and revolutionary movement for freedom and social justice that challenged many aspects of everyday life long accepted as fixed: work, birth control and abortion, childcare and housework, gender, class, and race, art and literature, sexuality...
Series
Library of America ; 278
Publisher
The Library Of America
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Americans have been at war for most of our history as a people. Wars of conquest gave way to wars of empire, the Civil War to the World Wars, and the Cold War to the War on Terror. Our national anthem celebrates heroism under fire, and martial imagery permeates our politics and our pastimes. But at every turn in this history, Americans have questioned and resisted both particular wars and justifications for war in general. Taking up the pen instead...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm campaigned to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1972. From the announcement of her candidacy in January to the Democratic National Convention in Miami that July. Chisholm's fight for inclusion encompassed all Americans "who agree that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it." Shunned by the political establishment, Chisholm asks people of color, feminists...
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
This collection is the author's distillation of women's experience from the British Commonwealth world, compared with major themes in women's lives in the United States. The collection is comprised of the accounts of twelve women, from Shirley Chisholm, the West Indian-raised girl who became the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, to Janet Frame, the New Zealand writer who overcame involuntary treatment in a mental institution to...
