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Also Known As matrimony

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Euthymius I
Orthodox patriarch
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Dayananda Sarasvati
Hindu leader
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Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Kollontay
Soviet revolutionary and diplomat
Caroline Norton, detail of an oil painting by John Hayter.
Caroline Norton
British writer
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Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian politician
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Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar
Indian educator
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Nicholas I
Byzantine patriarch of Constantinople
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Edward Westermarck
Finnish sociologist
Lindsey, Ben B.
Ben B. Lindsey
American jurist
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Maurice Freedman
British anthropologist
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Ernest Watson Burgess
American sociologist
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Jessie Bernard
American sociologist
Ellen Key.
Ellen Key
Swedish writer
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Gail Godwin
American author