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Shirley Chisholm on Women

1924–2005 United States

← All quotes by Shirley Chisholm

5 quotes

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

We must reject the thought of Saint Paul who said, “let the woman marry in silence."

Speech (1972)

One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine.

Unbought and Unbossed (1970)

Discrimination against women in politics is particularly unjust, because no political organization I have seen could function without women.

Unbought and Unbossed (1970)

different women view different segments of the women's movement agenda as priority items.

Speech to National Women's Political Caucus (1973)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shirley Chisholm (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.