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Source: This is London (UK)
Historians in the News
4-24-12

TV historian Dr Lucy Worsley: I was educated out of having children

A leading BBC historian who has become a poster girl for women who opt out of motherhood said she had been “educated out” of having children.

Dr Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, said she would not have enough time to do all the things she enjoys if she had children....
 

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