You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender … - Frances O'Grady

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I doing casual labor by the day. They wouldn't pay you until the next morning. There was a bar that would cash your check if you bought a beer first. A lot of guys never left until they'd drunk up all their money.

Frances O'Grady

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

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