Question

 Shirley Chisholm is 48.        (good) known as the first black woman elected to the United States Congress and the first black woman 49.        ( run) for President of the United States. However,her life was filled with much more than being the first black woman. All her life,she worked to improve the lives of others.

Shirley's parents had very little money. They wanted 50.        daughters to get a good education and to have a better life. 51.        Shirley was three years old,her parents sent her and her sisters to live with their grandmother in Barbados. In 1934 Shirley moved back to New York and continued to do very well in school. She 52.        (late) graduated from Brooklyn College with honours.

As a young woman,Shirley decided to become a teacher. She believed she 53.        improve society by helping children. She 54.        (work) for seven years at a child care centre in the Harlem area of New York City.

  In 1964, Shirley Chisholm's 55.        (politics) career began. She 56.        (elect) to the New York State Assembly. In 1968 she announced she would run for the United States Congress. In 1972 Shirley Chisholm announced that she would run for President of the United States. Many people thought it was a strange thing to do. As a black person,she said she did not run for president 57.        she expected to win. Instead,she ran to make a point.

Answer 1

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