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Feminist sociologist and former Gresham Professor of

Physic, her last book, Love, Power and Knowledge,

was one of the “101 Best Books of the 20th Century”.

Feminist sociologist and former Gresham Professor of Physic, her last book, Love, Power and Knowledge, was one of the “101 Best Books of the 20th Century”.

Feminist sociologist and former Gresham Professor of

Physic, her last book, Love, Power and Knowledge,

was one of the “101 Best Books of the 20th Century”.

Feminist sociologist and former Gresham Professor of Physic, her last book, Love, Power and Knowledge, was one of the “101 Best Books of the 20th Century”.

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