She was just 17 when classmates called her “the original feminist,” long before the world had a name for what she already was.
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| Ann Dunham |
In 1950s America, when girls were expected to be quiet, obedient, and agreeable, Stanley Ann Dunham — who insisted everyone call her “Ann” — spent her teenage years reading existentialist philosophy, questioning every social rule around her, and challenging the conservative community she grew up in. While other girls practiced how to be polite, she practiced how to think.
