Revolutionary women's movement with time for old, symbolic item (5)

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totem

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(Other definitions for totem that I've seen before include "Idol" , "Symbolic object with ritualistic associations" , "Revered symbol" , "Emblem, maybe on pole" , "symbolic animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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