“Somebody has said that woman's place is in the wrong. That's fine. What the wrong needs is a woman's presence and a woman's touch. She is far better equipped than men to set it right.”

"The Duchess and the Bugs", 'Lanterns & Lances (1961).
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American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright 1894–1961

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