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The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of tenderness they had to be distorted enormously in order to contain it all. Womanhood was strong in Kitwancool.

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Emily Carr
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: December 13
Died: 1945
Died: March 2
Artist
Autobiographer
Painter
Writer
M. Emily Carr
Emily M. Carr
Klee Wyck
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Mothers
Enriched
Order
Holding
Wooden
Hands
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Womanhood
Children
Sun
Distorted
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Enormously
Child
Contain
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Grandly
Strong
Tenderness
Poles

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