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Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out.

Marge Piercy

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Marge Piercy
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Activist
Climate Activist
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
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Detroit
Michigan
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Life
Doorways
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