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Quote by Shirley Chisholm
Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my pa

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black. – Shirley Chisholm

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At present, our country needs womens idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. – Shirley Chisholm

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Politics
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Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. – Shirley Chisholm

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Society
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The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: Its a girl. – Shirley Chisholm

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Equality
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Other Quotes from
Prejudice
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Prejudice is weighing the facts with your thumb on the scales. – Alex Dreier, c.1956

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Prejudice

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. – Proverb

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Prejudice

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. – Charlotte Bronte

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Prejudice

We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them. – Author Unknown

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Prejudice

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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. – Horace Mann

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A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows. – George Bernard Shaw

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