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Life on the planet is born of woman.
Adrienne Rich
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Adrienne Rich
Age: 82 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 16
Died: 2012
Died: March 27
Essayist
Feminist
Peace Activist
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Baltimore
Maryland
Adrienne Cecile Rich
Adrienne Cécile Rich
Adrienne Riche
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I am a woman in the prime of my life, with certain powers and those powers severely limited by authorities whose faces I rarely see.
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