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The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period of crisis, the rules of sexual decorum were suspended due to emergency.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Abolition About America Black Black And White Civil Civil War Confronted Crisis Decorum Due Emergency Every How Middle Other Period Rules Sexual Slavery Suspended War Were White Women

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The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle to straighten out the perpetually mixed message about women's role that was accepted by almost everybody of both genders.

~Gail Collins

Topics: About Accepted Against Almost American American Women Both Everybody Fight Freedom History Less Men Message Mixed Oppressive Out Perpetually Role Straighten Struggle Than The History Of War Women

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One line I'd draw would be on raising the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare. It sounds fair, since people are living longer. But it isn't. Lower income workers are the ones who find it hardest to keep working after 65. And they'll get penalized with lower benefits.

~Gail Collins

Topics: After Age Benefits Draw Fair Find Get Hardest Income Keep Line Living Longer Lower Medicare One Line People Raising Security Since Social Social Security Sounds Who Workers Working Would

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Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald Trump announced he was getting a divorce.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Announced Back Because Daily Divorce Donald Donald Trump Getting He News Once Trump Vacation Work Working

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Texas is a great place to be rich and a terrible place to be poor. It's got the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country. If you get injured on the job, good luck getting workers' comp. And God help you if you're poor and mentally ill.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Country Get Getting God God Help Good Good Luck Got Great Great Place Health Health Insurance Help Highest Ill Injured Insurance Job Luck Mentally People Percentage Place Poor Rich Terrible Texas Without Workers You

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I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpayer-funded relocation bidding wars should be declared unconstitutional.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Bidding Development Economic Economic Development Encourage Most Projects Should Sort Suspicious Unconstitutional Wars

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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Able About Airplane Big Buy Citizen Country Crucial Deportation Driver Everybody Get Immigrants Just License Nation Out Priority Shadows Stake Stop Sudden Ticket Welfare Whole Worrying

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The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Any Career Family Going Guy Half House Key Key To Success Kids Least Marry More Really Responsibility Serious Sometimes Success Take Than Wants Who Woman

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Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are high for a Southern state. The sales taxes are high. One study found that the bottom 20 percent of the Texas population pays 12 percent of its income in state and local taxes.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Big Bottom Business Corporate Draw Executives Found Hardly High Income Income Tax Local Pays Percent Population Property Sales Southern State Study Tax Taxes Texas Which Who

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Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

~Gail Collins

Topics: Agents High How Illegal Illegal Immigration Immigration Many Matter Never Patrol Stopped Wall Watching You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: November 25th, 1945

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