All womanhood is hampered today because the world on which it is emerg…

W. E. B. Du Bois
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All womanhood is hampered today because the world on which it is emerging is a world that tries to worship both virgins and mothers and in the end despises motherhood and despoils virgins. ✨ W. E. B. Du Bois (2012). Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, p.96, Courier Corporation
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All womanhood is hampered today because the world on which it is emerging is a world that tries to worship both virgins and mothers and in the end despises motherhood and despoils virgins. ✨ W. E. B. Du Bois (2012). Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, p.96, Courier Corporation

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