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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: Petersburg, Moscow, and Kíeff, eager to learn a profession which would free them from the domestic yoke, and some day…

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Petersburg, Moscow, and Kíeff, eager to learn a profession which would free them from the domestic yoke, and some day, perhaps, also from the possible yoke of a husband.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin emphasizes the eagerness of young women to learn professions that would liberate them from societal constraints.

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