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Women are constantly underestimated in our power, our reach, our collective pull.

Julianna Baggott

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Julianna Baggott
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 30
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Wilmington
Delaware
Collective
Pull
Constantly
Reach
Power
Women
Underestimated
Collectives

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