"Horizontal hostility may be expressed in sibling rivalry or in competitive dueling which wrecks not only office tranquility or suburban domesticity but also some radical political groups and, it must be sadly said, some women's liberation groups. ... [it is] misdirected anger that rightly should be focused on the external causes of oppression."

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Florynce Kennedy

Civil Rights Activist

Florynce Kennedy was a pioneering civil rights lawyer and feminist activist known for her bold advocacy for women's rights and social justice.

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