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I hope the day will come when a wasp-waist and a pair of thin shoulders will not be esteemed beauty: we have had our ideas ruined by trash novels, praising 'fragile forms' and 'delicate beauty,' 'dainty waists,' 'snow-drop faces,' and a lot of other nonsense.

Julia McNair Wright

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Julia McNair Wright
Age: 63 †
Born: 1840
Born: May 1
Died: 1903
Died: September 2
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