Maria Tallchief Research Paper

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It talk about, a bird life and how it works and about women and how that women should get opperatian back then they didn’t get equal right as men because they thought women was going not get equal right has men. Men did ever think they made the money around the place. Maria Tallchief went on to do great things as a dancer. She became prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet. She was the first Amercain in a century to dance far the Paris Opera Ballet.

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