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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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