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There'll be no sense in sexual theories until women start telling their minds and, of course, until they have some.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Translator
Writer
Rockdale City
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Telling
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Theory
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Feminism
Women
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