"And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.“


-Agnes Smedley

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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.

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