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Victoria C. Woodhull: “When education began its silent yet potent work, the power of assumed “divine right” began to weaken.”

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When education began its silent yet potent work, the power of assumed “divine right” began to weaken.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull emphasizes the transformative power of education in diminishing the belief in divine right.

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