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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated August 18, 1962 partially reads, "A woman has a three-fold obligation in the world today, states 17-year-old Sara Hitchens of Northridge. The Granada Hills High School honor graduate voices the opinion that women must be "feminine, socially active and intellectually well-educated to command interest and respect in the world today..." Sara, who will attend Stanford University this fall as a National Merit Scholarship winner, says her major interests center around academic expression." Hitchens knits an afghan as a sewing project.; See images #00124124 through #00124126 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Knitting--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Dwellings--California--Northridge (Los Angeles) Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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