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The emancipated woman has to fight something worse than the crusted prejudices of her uncles she has to fight the bewilderment in her own soul.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Uncles
Prejudice
Worse
Fight
Fighting
Crusted
Woman
Emancipated
Soul
Bewilderment
Something
Prejudices

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