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All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .

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 believed that a husband must necessarily be an angel, impossible of corruption or contamination.
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So after all I am a very promiscuous free lover. I want the love of you all, promiscuously.
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