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The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide.

Andrea Dworkin

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Andrea Dworkin
Age: 58 †
Born: 1946
Born: September 26
Died: 2005
Died: April 9
Essayist
Feminist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Camden
New Jersey
Andrea Rita Dworkin
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Suicide
Survival
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Tragedy
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Women

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