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The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer would amaze you.

Shirley Jackson

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Shirley Jackson
Age: 48 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 8
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Journalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
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San Francisco County
California
Shirley Hardie Jackson
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