Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that…

Shirley Chisholm
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Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. ✨ Shirley Chisholm (2010). Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition, p.92, Take Root Media
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Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. ✨ Shirley Chisholm (2010). Unbought and Unbossed: Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition, p.92, Take Root Media

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