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Shirley Chisholm

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

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Shirley Chisholm is saying that many skilled and capable women are overlooked or ignored simply because they are female. This highlights how gender bias prevents society from benefiting fully from women's abilities.

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