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There is bias and sexism everywhere, just like there are problems of racism and homophobia stemming from the whole notion that we're arranged in a hierarchy, that we're ranked rather than linked.

Gloria Steinem

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