Joan says:
“My mother, undereducated and dependent all her life, trained me fiercely for independence. What she could not have, she wanted for me. The question I grew up with in the center of my soul was, 'Why all this diminishment of women?'
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That kind of undaunted courage in the face of power comes in part from her mother. Joan says: “My mother, undereducated and dependent all her life, trained me fiercely for independence. What she could not have, she wanted for me. The question I grew up with in the center of my soul was, 'Why all this diminishment of women?' |
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