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…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
Novelist
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.
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Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.
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We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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