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254 a woman's pen. .
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254 A Woman's Pen. .
254 a woman ' s pen . .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1858, page 254, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061858/page/38/
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