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In the park I met other women and I started to get interested in their lives. I developed a lot of pressure to talk about women's lives, and children's lives, too. Children interest me tremendously.
Grace Paley
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Grace Paley
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 11
Died: 2007
Died: August 21
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