Unexpected Memories Every Mother's Day

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by Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen

I witnessed my first delivery at the Rosary Hospital in Campbellsville, Ky., on the first day of my new job as a nurse’s aide. I was 14-and-a-half, and I had lied about my age in order to be hired at the grand sum of $1 an hour. No one thought to check to see if such a sophisticated and mature young woman was anything other than the 16 years old she claimed to be.

Read more, and see more pictures, at Women's Voices For Change.