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"Oh, but Robert E. Lee was such a Southern Gentleman!" (infosec.pub)
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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

Librarian here. One of the reasons librarianship was dominated by women was bc Dewey convinced people they could pay them less. Also, he likes to use his power to form sexual relationships. The subject headings that his decimal system uses are still problematic to this day.