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[to a teenage girl] Resolve to be economically independent before you marry anyone.

Jeanne Phillips

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Jeanne Phillips
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 1
Columnist
Journalist
Abigail Van Buren
Abby van Buren
Marry
Resolve
Independent
Anyone
Girl
Women
Economically
Teenage

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