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I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

Gloria Allred

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Gloria Allred
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 3
Attorney At Law
Lawyer
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Gloria Rachel Allred
Gloria Rachel Bloom
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Well, I like empowering my clients.
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Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.
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There are enough high hurdles to climb, as one travels through life, without having to scale artificial barriers created by law or silly regulations.
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I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.
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Fighting injustice keeps you young.
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Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.
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I was a single mother when my child was little.
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[On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal.
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