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Foundations to be reliable must always be unshakable.

Hannah Whitall Smith

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Hannah Whitall Smith
Age: 79 †
Born: 1832
Born: February 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 1
Author
Suffragette
Theologian
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith
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