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. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into a money-making profession; as a mere woman I could carve out a career of disinterested research.

Source: My Apprenticeship, Ch. 8, 1926.
-- Beatrice Potter Webb, (Jan 22 1858-1943), US social economist; She co-authored, with husband Sidney, works on labor, history, and economics; cofounded Fabian Society, 1883; founded London School of Economics.

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