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I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would still be so much discrimination against women, so much denial of women's rights.

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Gloria Allred
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 3
Attorney At Law
Lawyer
Radio Personality
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Gloria Rachel Allred
Gloria Rachel Bloom
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