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No, what Great Aunt Winifred was suffering from was the persecution every happily single woman suffers: the predictable social condemnation of her independence and childlessness. Dorothy reminded herself of what she'd learned during a university course on feminist history (with a strong Marxist slant): spinsters are a threat to patriarchy.

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Tobsha Learner
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: March 21
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Morristown
NJ
T. S. Learner
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