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Victoria C. Woodhull: “Now, equality for the people means the equality of the family, extended to all families.”

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Now, equality for the people means the equality of the family, extended to all families.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull expands the concept of equality to encompass all families, suggesting a societal application of familial equality.

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