Who said "I refused to be a footnote in someone else's story."?

This quote is attributed to Celia St. James.

I refused to be a footnote in someone else's story. - Celia St. James

"I refused to be a footnote in someone else's story."

Celia St. James

Character in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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