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I’d never heard the word “feminist,” and certainly not “suffragette.” This was the late 1960s, and my ignorance was not only stunning but, given my upbringing, it was downright odd.

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Enloe, C. (2014). From the Ground Up. In: Pande, R. (eds) A Journey into Women’s Studies. Gender, Development and Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395740_2

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