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A Woman to Know: Dorothy Paget

A Woman to Know: Dorothy Paget

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Julia Carpenter
Jun 30, 2016
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The men whose stables usually win the big money are a little miffed at the shellacking the women seem to be giving them. — The Toledo Blade, 1955

(image via The Daily Mail)


She bred thoroughbreds, raced Bentleys and pushed men out of their own smoking lounges. She famously bet millions of pounds at the racetrack -- always on her own horses or her own car…

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