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Progress is not automatic, it depends on what we do every day. So any statement of ownership of our own bodies, however that occurs in our individual lives or our community or our collective lives, is crucial.

Gloria Steinem

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