No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more ef…

Eleanor Roosevelt
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No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick! ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt (1946). If You Ask Me
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