“I don't want to give the impression that because of gender, I was oppressed. I was, but then I lent myself to it. I regret it, as it was a disservice to women. But I was too unaware for too long.”

—  Frances Ames

van der Unde, "Interview: A woman of substance", SAMJ, Volume 80, No. 11, November 11, 1995, p. 1203.

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