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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The mind should be questioned, and its answers listened to, instead of being furnished by the teacher.”

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The mind should be questioned, and its answers listened to, instead of being furnished by the teacher.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull emphasizes the importance of questioning and independent thinking in education.

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