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We all have good instincts unless they're beaten out of us or shamed out of us in childhood.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
Activist
Actor
Editor
Essayist
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Lecturer
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Toledo
Ohio
Gloria Marie Steinem
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