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the patriarchal family, with its division of functions between a providing and protective father and a home-making, submissive mother, however satisfactory it may have been in its time, has outlived its day. Bread-winning is no longer a monopoly of men, and home-making should no longer be the monopoly of women.

Alva Myrdal

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Alva Myrdal
Age: 84 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 31
Died: 1986
Died: February 1
Diplomat
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Swedish Politician
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Uppsala domkyrkoförssamling
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