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I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection.

Victoria Woodhull

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Victoria Woodhull
Age: 89 †
Born: 1838
Born: January 1
Died: 1927
Died: January 1
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.
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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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