Key Women in Modern Black History

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  1. 4. the job of Mae Jemison's mother
  2. 5. Mae Jemison was a doctor for this organization and served in the African nations of Sierra Leone and Liberia
  3. 8. Shirley Chisholm's hometown in New York
  4. 9. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American candidate to run for the office of __?__
  5. 10. Shirley Chisholm said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a __?__"
  6. 11. the government's space agency that Mae Jemison worked for beginning in 1987
  7. 14. First African-American CongressWOMAN in the United States
  8. 18. President who awarded the Presidental Medal of Freedom to Shirley Chisholm in 2015
  9. 19. When she wasn't hard at work studying, [Mae Jemison]was dancing, acting in plays, and reading about __?__
  10. 20. what Mae Jeminson studied while at Stanford University
  11. 21. Shirley Chisholm joined the __?__ and started her own club after another group barred black students
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  1. 1. Caribbean nation where Shirley Chisholm's parents were born
  2. 2. job that Mae Jemison trained for with NASA
  3. 3. Mae Jemison's hometown in Alabama
  4. 6. type of school Shirley Chisholm attended in Barbados when she was a child
  5. 7. at Brooklyn College, a professor urged Shirley Chisholm to pursue __?__
  6. 12. the age Shirley Chisholm was when she went to Barbados to live with her grandmother
  7. 13. First African-American woman to travel in space
  8. 15. Mae Jemison claimed she ..."always knew I'd go to __?__"
  9. 16. key area of fascination for Mae Jemison in school
  10. 17. the job of Mae Jemison's father