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Alice Duer Miller

“The Michigan commission on industrial relations has discovered,” says
“The Detroit Journal,” “that thousands of wives support their husbands.”

Woman’s place is the home, but under a special privilege she is
sometimes allowed to send her wages as a substitute.

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From Are Women People?

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