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While I'm frustrated at the amount I'm expected to take on in the present, the 1950s woman was frustrated by being excluded - not being allowed to take things on at all.
Sara Sheridan
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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
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Edinburgh
Scotland
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