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“I played to win. When I was a child, my brothers and I played cowboys and Indians in the park, and I was always an Indian who got captured. That was a learning experience; they were showing me that as a woman I was going to be captured. But in a metaphorical sense, I think I did eventually become a cowboy.”

Quote by Ita Buttrose

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Ita Buttrose is an Australian journalist, born on January 17, 1942. She has had a career in the media industry for over fifty years, serving as the editor of 'Australian Women's Weekly' and achieving significant success in television and broadcasting. more

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