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Feminism, like Boston, is a state of mind. It is the state of mind of women who realize that their whole position in the social order is antiquated, as a woman cooking over an open fire with heavy iron pots would know that her entire housekeeping was out of date.

Rheta Childe Dorr

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Rheta Childe Dorr
Age: 81 †
Born: 1866
Born: November 2
Died: 1948
Died: August 8
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