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I have preferred chloroform to cancer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Age: 75 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 3
Died: 1935
Died: August 17
Artist
Economist
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Feminist
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The mother- poor invaded soul- finds even the bathroom door no bar to hammering little hands.
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A concept is stronger than a fact.
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