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Victoria C. Woodhull: “And do you not suppose if the workingmen and women of this country understood the justice of it, that they would have…”

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And do you not suppose if the workingmen and women of this country understood the justice of it, that they would have it?
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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She believes that if workers understood the fairness of her proposals, they would demand change.

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