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Teddy Roosevelt: “I believe in the woman’s keeping her self-respect just as I believe in the man’s doing so.”

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I believe in the woman’s keeping her self-respect just as I believe in the man’s doing so.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt advocates for self-respect for both men and women.

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