"I'm standing on the shoulders of Nina Duchess of Hamilton and Miss Lind-af-Hageby and the people who fought for the animals in the previous generation. Their period of life on earth is gone, but people carry on their work. As I said, my husband and I stood on their shoulders, but there are lots who will stand on our shoulders."
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Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding
(22 March 1908 – 20 November 1993) was an English animal rights activist.
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