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"I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else."

Bella Abzug, American Lawyer

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"I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else."

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"I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else."

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