Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. – Shirley Chisholm
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: Its a girl. – Shirley Chisholm

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. – Shirley Chisholm
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: Its a girl. – Shirley Chisholm
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. – Shirley Chisholm
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts. – Shirley Chisholm
I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. Its not about a production number, its about a meaningful moment between two people thats witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about. – Jane Seymour