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Susan Ware described the many intellectual gifts that made La
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where her family had moved into a large house her father had built near the college. When
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stated that she was a libertarian, not a conservative. Her feminist views in fact often clashed with the conservative point of view. Based on an interview with
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serving as executive editors. In that role, she came into periodic conflict with
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