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Thanks for the suggestion. Taking into mind that the source is unclear on whether or not she was still at
Selfridges when she joined the UNA-UK (she could've quit before the Suez Crisis), I have proposed two more alt hooks (people will be more familiar with the international, more common "telephone
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Selfridges telephonist began a career as a peace
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Carmarthen, Tenby and Cardiff. She was appointed chief telephonist at Shrewsbury; ... went to work as a telephonist at Selfridges, London.
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Three visits made very deep and lasting impressions on her: ... South Africa a few months after apartheid came to an end.
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