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    Some Eminent Women of our Times
    Some Eminent Women of our Times
    Some Eminent Women of our Times
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    Some Eminent Women of our Times

    Written by Millicent Garrett Fawcett

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical sketches of 23 influential women from Jane Austen and Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Queen Victoria and Queen Louisa of Prussia. - Summary by Larry Wilson
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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