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I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.

Anita Hill

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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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