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Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

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“Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.”
― Gloria Steinem

tags: feminism, womens-rights

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“O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.”
― Fanny Fern

tags: fanny-fern, marriage

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“A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others”
― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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“but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

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“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.”
― Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli

tags: flaws, individuality, inspirational

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