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Historical Abortion w/ Jennifer Wright

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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Madam Marcell: A Hero or a Hero?

I see her the way I see most people that she had huge flaws of personality. And she also did things that are wonderful. It's a little bit of a problem for modern society that we still expect women to be flawless. We allow men to have many flaws and can still see them as interesting people. Do you worry about paralleling people like Al Capone and Henry VIII who legit did really bad things with somebody who may have been flawed but did very good things? No, I think Madam Marcell is much better than Al Capone. But no, I think the work that she was doing was incredibly important.

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