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The female of genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.
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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To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
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We grovel and worship and pray to God to do what we ourselves ought to have done a thousand years ago, and can do now, as soon as we choose.
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Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.
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