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Booker T. Washington: “It is disgraceful for a girl to go about with a soiled apron, or with her clothes pinned together.”

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It is disgraceful for a girl to go about with a soiled apron, or with her clothes pinned together.
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Booker T. Washington

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Washington condemns the practice of girls wearing soiled or poorly fastened clothing.

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