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As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didn't have any money and I was a girl, so everyone except my mother laughed at it. When I left school, there was no money for me to go to university, so I went to secretarial college and got a job.
As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didn't have any money and I was a girl, so everyone except my mother laughed at it. When I left school, there was no money for me to go to university, so I went to secretarial college and got a job.
Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
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- Jane Goodall
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- Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jane Goodall: life dates 1934 to 2025. Wikidata Q184746, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184746 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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