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Woman in the News: Carol Ann Duffy

By Rosie Blau

Published: May 1 2009 19:23 | Last updated: May 1 2009 19:23

Carol Ann Duffy illustration

It is rare that a woman is kept out of a low-paying job for long. But for 340 years, the £5,750-a-year role of Britain’s poet laureate has been a male-only preserve.

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