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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.

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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Lawyer
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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 thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions
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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before
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