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Some of the best poetry is being written by three American Indian women

— Meridel Le Sueur Freethinker Meridel Le Sueur" by Annie Laurie Gaylor (1982)

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The women's movement is great in the Twin Cities, I think.

Interview (1982)

It's really hard to describe how you can fill a city with terror. When you look at it chronologically, it's terrifying to see how close you are to fascism.

Freethinker Meridel Le Sueur" by Annie Laurie Gaylor (1982)

The whole temper of the world is in a much higher consciousness than I've even seen it-there's a global consciousness. I think we're on the verge of a new humanity if we don't blow it up!

Freethinker Meridel Le Sueur" by Annie Laurie Gaylor (1982)

The great energies, languages and nourishment of women are seized, hidden and violated by indifference and outright conspiracy in order to maintain the silence of women. It is a loss when the voices of women are muffled, lost or deliberately silenced.

Preface to Irene: Selected Writings of Irene Paull (1996)

The independent strong woman was a bad woman, even in the radical press. Irene and I had a vision of the free new woman growing in her own pattern-a new crop, new protein, new communication, new connections, new conceptions-birthing out of terrible hunger and anger.

Preface to Irene: Selected Writings of Irene Paull (1996)

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