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Socialist Woman Vol. 1, No. 1, mid-February 1969 · p. 10 of the scan · 320 words

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listing the many individual examples could disprove this myth of femininity. The socialist women's movemnt does not argue that by virtue of our special feminine qualities, women can make politics. second class status = Social and economic factors By involving talist organisation of society, fight, the "mere women" image

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