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...a box where she was expected to be sweet and sensitive (but not oversensitive) a box for young and pretty girls who were not as bright or powerful as their boyfriends. A box for people who were not forces to be reckoned with.

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E. Lockhart
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 13
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New York City
New York
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