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Most women want their youth back again but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.

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Ellen Glasgow
Age: 71 †
Born: 1874
Born: April 22
Died: 1945
Died: November 21
Essayist
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Richmond
Virginia
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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