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A powerful advocate to equal rights，Belva (was) twice acandidate for President long before the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed women to vote.

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A powerful advocate to equal rights，Belva (was) twice a candidate for President long before the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed women to vote.

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