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Women on the Road

OR MUCH OF ITS HISTORY, the “road trip” has conjured predominantly white, straight, masculine images (from Homer to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Jack Kerouac), but of course, that’s never been the whole truth. Women have always voyaged, whether to follow seasonal resources, relocate or migrate, work to make a better life,

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