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

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

Shirley Chisholm
Unbought and Unbossed · 1970
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Topic
IntersectionalityOppression of women
Time
1970
Person
Shirley Chisholm
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Chisholm, Shirley. Unbought and Unbossed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1970, introduction.

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