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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
William O. Douglas
Born: October 16, 1898
Died: January 19, 1980 (aged 81)
Bio: William Orville Douglas served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court.
Known for:
- Of Men and Mountains (1950)
- Go East, Young Man: The Early Years (1974)
- Beyond the high Himalayas (1952)
- Strange lands and friendly people (1951)
- Nature's Justice
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