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Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
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