Fiorello
A biography of Fiorello La Guardia who started his political career in the House of Representatives before gaining national fame as the mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945.
920
year: 1981
copies: 2
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: la guardia, fiorello h, legislators [X], mayors, la guardia, fiorello henry, 1882-1947, new york (n.y.) [X]
Aoc
". . . fifteen writers explore the multiple meanings of a young Latina politician who has already made history.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ocasio-cortez, alexandria, united states, hispanic american women legislators, legislators [X], hispanic american women, hispanic americans, new york (n.y.) [X]
Speak Up, Speak Out!
"A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: chisholm, shirley, united states, african american legislators, african americans, women legislators, women, legislators [X], african american presidential candidates, women presidential candidates, presidential candidates, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X], biographies
Not Done Yet
"Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: chisholm, shirley, united states, african american legislators, women legislators, legislators [X], african american presidential candidates, women presidential candidates, presidential candidates, african americans, women, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X], biographies, picture books
Phenomenal Aoc
"In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest congresswoman in America.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: ocasio-cortez, alexandria, united states, women legislators, legislators [X], hispanic american women legislators, hispanic americans, women, new york (n.y.) [X], biographies, picture books
Loud And Proud
"Shirley Chisholm is a hero and trailblazer. She was the first African American woman in Congress and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: chisholm, shirley, united states, african american legislators, women legislators, legislators [X], women, african americans, african american presidential candidates, women presidential candidates, presidential candidates, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X], biographies
The Fabulist
A Newsday alum and PEN/Hemingway honoree tells the full story of U.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: santos, george, united states, legislators [X], swindlers and swindling, new york (n.y.) [X]