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The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.

Mary Leakey

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Mary Leakey
Age: 83 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 6
Died: 1996
Died: December 9
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Biologist
Paleoanthropologist
Paleontologist
Prehistorian
London
England
Mary Douglas Leakey
M. D. Leakey
Mary D. Leakey
Mary Douglas (maiden name) Nicol
Mary Leakey
Stones
Tools
Money
Ever
Firsts
First
Earned
Stone
Drawing

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