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    "id": 669326,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, no. I said: “it was like being”. I did not say: “it was as being”. It was just like because of the dignity that was accorded that office. These are semantics. When the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) was struggling for freedom in Mozambique, the Head of State, Samora Machel’s wife, Josina Machel, was on the forefront. She was only 24 years but was on the forefront for fighting for the liberation of Mozambique. Within the liberation zones, Josina Machel was killed in the forefront of the battle field. To celebrate her contribution in the liberation struggle of Mozambique, the late Samora Machel started a nursery school in the bushes and named it Infantario Josina Machel. It means, the nursery school for Josina Machel. That became a landmark in the Mozambican history of the importance of women to take part at the highest levels of political struggle with men. The place of women in FRELIMO and in the new Government of Mozambique remained progressive. If we go to the 17th and 18th Century, some of the most important pro-feminists of that century, a century that was full of conservatism, could be found in France. Many of the French authors, Denis Diderot and Charles - Louis de Montesquieu wrote fantastic things on the liberation of women. They did so at a time when few in Europe thought that liberation of women was an important matter. John Stuart Mill, in 1866, wrote a very important book called The Subjection Women. It was extremely important in Victorian England. Mind you, Queen Victoria was the longest serving Queen in England. Yes, as a queen, she herself never promoted the liberation of women. However, Stuart Mill, in the midst of Victorian conservatism, wrote that book. He said, among other things, that marriage for Victorian women was predicated upon a sacrifice of liberty rights and property. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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