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Marcy Kaptur: certainly we know in most of those places it is women who are raising most of the food and feeding their villages. We…

On the recordJuly 11, 2001
certainly we know in most of those places it is women who are raising most of the food and feeding their villages. We know that the historically black colleges and Tuskegee Institute will be especially sensitive to that. Without a doubt their reach can be worldwide.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the role of women in agriculture and the impact of historically black colleges.

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