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This religion and the Bible require of woman everything, and give her nothing. They ask her support and her love, and repay her with contempt and oppression.

Helen H. Gardener

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Helen H. Gardener
Age: 72 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 21
Died: 1925
Died: July 26
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