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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
Victoria Woodhull
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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I believed that a husband must necessarily be an angel, impossible of corruption or contamination.
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