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I do not...

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I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade -- or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.

Source: In Lady for the Defense, Pt. 11, Ch. 8, by Mary Virginia Fox, 1975.
-- Belva Lockwood, (Oct 24 1830-1917), US social reformer, lawyer; She was the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1879; effective women's right advocate.


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