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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.

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Vidal Sassoon
Age: 84 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 17
Died: 2012
Died: May 9
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Hairdresser
London
England
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Power
Women
Back
Going
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Dryer
Time
Dryers
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