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The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.

Crystal Eastman

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Crystal Eastman
Age: 47 †
Born: 1881
Born: June 25
Died: 1928
Died: July 8
Journalist
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Peace Activist
Suffragette
Suffragist
Marlborough
Massachusetts
Crystal Eastman Benedict
Crystal Catherine Eastman
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