You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
Shirley ChisholmTremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.
Shirley ChisholmOne distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine. They think she is anti-male; they even whisper that she's probably a lesbian.
Shirley ChisholmThere is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
Shirley Chisholm