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Victoria C. Woodhull: “All the energies of labor reform, then, should be directed to the main point, from which benefit to itself must spring.”

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All the energies of labor reform, then, should be directed to the main point, from which benefit to itself must spring.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull emphasizes the importance of focusing labor reform efforts on a central issue for effective change.

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