I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.
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I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.
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The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters.
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