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In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Age: 75 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 3
Died: 1935
Died: August 17
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One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race.
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