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Martha Carey Thomas: One thing I...

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One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.

Source: In Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr, ch. 2, by Edith Finch, 1947.
-- Martha Carey Thomas, (Jan 2 1857-1935), US educator, feminist; She championed excellence in higher education for women; helped found, and then was the first dean and president of Bryn Mawr College.


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