Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
8711
Points per Word
0.000115
Page Count
64
Points per Page
0.015625
Series
Creative Minds Biography
Description
Mary Ann Shadd Cary spent her entire lifetime fighting for justice and equality for African Americans. Born a free African American in the 1820s, Cary started schools for black children and was also the first black woman to enter law school.