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she will be remembered as a noted abortionist
Madame Restell, Ann Trow Lohman and the Comstock Law
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I wound up actually being able to do the thing I wanted
Judith Love Cohen and the Apollo program
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the most brilliant horoscope I’d ever seen
Jeane Dixon, Joan Quigley and presidential astrology
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seeds are kind of like time machines
Nora Thompson Dean, the Lenape and preserving a way of life
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the girls take a back seat to no one
Toni Stone, Connie Morgan and Mamie “Peanut” Johnson
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we had a reason for living on this rock
Winnaretta Singer, Prince Edmond de Polignac and their artistic salon
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I produce something real and lasting
Ynes Mexía, Nina Floy Bracelin and Mimosa Mexiae
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the world to an end shall come
Ursula Southill and the legend of Mother Shipton
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I guess you know your tomatoes
Tillie Lewis and her tomato empire
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unrelenting bliss, unrelenting misery
Irna Phillips, Guiding Light and the soap opera
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Eleonora’s falcon
Eleanor of Arborea, the Carta de Logu and her falcon
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a woman of loose turn of mind
Peg Plunkett, Sally Hayes and their Dublin "nunnery"
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A Woman to Know
A Woman to Know
Profiles of once-forgotten women from history, written by Julia Carpenter.
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