I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist wheneve — Rebecca West, Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist wheneve — Rebecca West, Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist wheneve — Rebecca West, Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist wheneve — Rebecca West, Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist wheneve — Rebecca West, Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917
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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.

— Rebecca West, Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917
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