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When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive

Florynce Kennedy

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Florynce Kennedy
Age: 84 †
Born: 1916
Born: February 11
Died: 2000
Died: December 22
Autobiographer
Lawyer
Kansas City
Missouri
Florynce Rae Kennedy
Flo Kennedy
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The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.
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Horizontal hostility may be expressed in sibling rivalry or in competitive dueling which wrecks not only office tranquility or suburban domesticity but also some radical political groups and, it must be sadly said, some women's liberation groups. ... [it is] misdirected anger that rightly should be focused on the external causes of oppression.
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