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Rebecca Musser was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church), an extreme, isolated, polygamist sect that had splintered off from the Mormon faith. At age 19, she was forced into a polygamous marriage to the church’sprophet, a man more than four times her age. After her husband died and Warren Jeffs, the new prophet, tried to force her to remarry, Rebecca escaped.
Ora Mae Hyatt WW2 Army Nurse2012 SHEROES United held the 2nd Annual Salute to Women Veterans Event in November. Despite the heavy snowfall many came out to Pay Tribute to our 2012 Veteran and Active Duty Personnel chosen as SHEROES of the year. There were many highlights of the evening.
The Orphan Train
The piece of literature or excerpt that interested me most was the short story “Poe’s Life”. The second of three children born in theearly 1800’s to parents who were traveling actors and who died when Edgar wasjust three years old. Edgar wasseparated from his siblings who went to live with other families while he wastaken in by a wealthy tobacco merchant and his wife. Poe’s life as a struggling, yet successfulwriter of poetry, novels, textbooks, a book of scientific theory, hundreds of essays, and magazine articles lived a life mostly of poverty having little orno money. His story of love and loss istruly heartbreaking and rarely heard of from a goal oriented, self-driven and successful individual like Poe who proved his ability to overcome obstacles andtragedies. As an adult by his peers,rivals and in death, his distorted image was recognized as a fortunate, drunken poet, writer, and womanizer with no friends or morals. In Poe’s mind, reality depicted a much more deserving 40 year existence. Since his death over 165 years ago, Edgar Allan Poe has been revered as a literary genius and inspirational poet. |
