Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Overheard at Booth 1: Shirley Chisolm

Clare O'Casey says, "I'll just let Shirley Chisolm's words speak for themselves:

"'When I ran for the Congress, when I ran for president, I met more discrimination as a woman than for being black. Men are men.'

"and ...

"'Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.'"





https://www.womenon20s.org/shirley_chisholm
https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2016/06/21/unbought-and-unbossed-shirley-chisholm-and-the-1972-presidential-run/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35057641

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