Equal Rights for Women, Shirley Chisholm, May 21, 1969 Question Use the passage to answer the question. What main claim is the author expressing in this excerpt? (1 point) Responses that women should have better opportunities because they are different from men that women should have better opportunities because they are different from men that certain jobs require a more sophisticated skill set than others that certain jobs require a more sophisticated skill set than others that society is prejudiced mostly against young women that society is prejudiced mostly against young women that women are not permitted to hold certain jobs in society

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The main claim expressed by Shirley Chisholm in the excerpt is that women are not permitted to hold certain jobs in society.