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None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Women
Waters
Feminism
Feminist
Equality
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None
Rationality
Water
Persuasion
Lives
Empowerment

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