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Victoria Billings
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“There is no such thing as being too independent.”
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“Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited ... Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.”
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“The best thing that could happen to motherhood already has. Fewer women are going into it.”
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“Any garment that makes you feel bad will make you look bad.”
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“Constant togetherness is fine — but only for Siamese twins.”
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“Rape is a culturally fostered means of suppressing women. Legally we say we deplore it, but mythically we romanticize and perpetuate it, and privately we excuse and overlook it ...”
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“... most women preface their support of the women's movement with 'I'm not a feminist, but..' But? But, what? You think God is going to get you if you say, 'I am for women's liberation and ...' Right? Well, She is not.”
Victoria Billings, U.S. journalist
(1945)