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THE PEASANT WOMEN OE NORTHERN FRANCE 



Simple in their tastes, industrious in their habits, devout in their beliefs, unselfish in 

 their social relations, the peasant women of France are able to make the best of a great 

 calamity like the present war, the outcome of which will be determined as much by the 

 devotion of the women to their country as by the devotion of the soldier to his flag. 



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