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all social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does let them change their minds, and he does not.
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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I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm!
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Until mothers earn their livings, women will not
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