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When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.
Victoria Woodhull
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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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You are all aware that my private life has been pictured to the public by the press of the country with the intent to make people believe me to be a very bad woman.
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