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A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions…
Quote byCharlotte Perkins Gilman · 1860–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: His Religion and Hers, (1923)..
English (original)
A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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