Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.2
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1571
Points per Word
0.000318
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Description
This biography tells the story of Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 was the first Black woman elected to Congress and in 1972 was the first Black person from a major political party to run for United States president. Text references racial and gender bias.