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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
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University Teacher
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Wilmington
Delaware
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Women
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