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I wish I had a man and not a dishrag printed over with big words like 'constitutional rights' and 'progress'!

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
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Rockdale City
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