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    A Salon of One’s Own

    By Chaitali Sen  April 27, 2017
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    Eleanor Roosevelt: “Can a Woman Ever Be President of the United States?”

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    Performing Hamlet in a Sandstorm at a Syrian Refugee Camp

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    One American’s 44-Year Battle to Rebuild Shakespeare’s Theater

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