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"Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam."

Grace Abbott, American Activist

Home, Night, Washington

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"Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam."

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"I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic."

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"Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam."

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