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one of the blessings of adulthood is that one is no longer addressed as a thing.

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Kate Millett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 14
Died: 2017
Died: September 6
Feminist
Film Director
Painter
Photographer
Public Figure
Sculptor
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Katherine Murray Millett
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Adulthood
Blessings
Blessing
Longer
Thing

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