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Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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