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We couldn't possibly know where it would lead but we knew it had to be done.

We couldn't possibly know where it would lead but we knew it had to be done.

Approximate author period: c. 1963 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Betty Friedan
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1963 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Betty Friedan: life dates 1921 to 2006. Wikidata Q234604, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234604 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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