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had no medical books. She was eventually permitted to become the only women to join the original, male-dominated reading museum, although this caused some problems. The men feared complaints from their wives if they knew that they were spending leisure hours in the company of another woman. In fact,
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and public library reading rooms. Other documentation, consisting of handwritten board minutes, annual reports, minutes of annual general meetings, some official documents, such as statutes, rental and employment contracts, catalogues and newspaper and magazine clippings, went to the
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