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Letter: `Woman' is such a rude word

Molly Bown
Thursday 03 October 1996 00:02 BST
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Sir: I well remember the headmaster of the village school I attended, pulling up a pupil who referred to "ladies". He said: "There are no ladies, only men and women!" That was over 75 years ago.

MOLLY BOWN

Cambridge

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