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Gloria Steinem Quotes: The kind of power I want is the power to persuade. But I do not want the power to tell other people what to do.
         

The kind of power I want is the power to persuade. But I do not want the power to tell other people what to do.


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Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.



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