Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, i… - Pearl S. Buck

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Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, it is not practically as far-reaching as the prejudice against women. For stripping away the sentimentality which makes Mother’s Day and Best American Mother Contests, the truth is that women suffer all the effects of a minority.

Pearl S. Buck

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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (born Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: 赛珍珠; Pinyin: Sài Zhēnzhū; 26 June 1892 – 6 March 1973), primarily known as Pearl S. Buck, was a prolific American writer. In 1938, she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Birth Name: Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker

Native Name: Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck Walsh

Alternative Names: Pearl Buck • Pearl Sydenstricker Buck • John Sedges • Pearl Sydenstricker • Sai Zhenzhu • Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck • Pirl Bak

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