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February 17

This Day in Women's History

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

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    (on prejudice): Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

    Marian Anderson

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