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The image of the woman as we know it is an image created by men and fashioned to suit their needs.
Kate Millett
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Kate Millett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 14
Died: 2017
Died: September 6
Feminist
Film Director
Painter
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Sculptor
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St Paul
Minnesota
Katherine Murray Millett
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