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I have never been contained except I made the prison.

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Mari Evans
Age: 97 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 16
Died: 2017
Died: March 10
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Toledo
Ohio
Mari E. Evans
Mari Evans Phemster
Mari Evans
Never
Sabotage
Contained
Prison
Except
Women
Made

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