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Single and outspoken lady

Single and outspoken lady

Linda is thirty-one years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy.
As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.
Can you rank in order of likelihood about Linda? Linda is
1. an elementary school teacher
2. active in the feminist movement
3. a bank teller
4. an insurance salesperson or
5. a bank teller also active in the feminist movement
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