Reply #3: My Mom came from Brazil

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when she was 12 years old - 1924. She had an 8th grade education but, taught herself to read and write both in English and Portuguese. She worked in sweat shops where the bosses hid her in closets when truant officers came to check if child labor was employed. In her 20's and 30's she worked in various types of factories in Newark, N.J. where worked with union organizers - I believe it was the AFL before they joined up with the CIO. She was my 'Norma Rae' and a die hard FDR Democrat all her life.

She believed in this country, the rule of law and justice. Not in a naive way, she thought most politicians were crooks at heart. The USSC is what she believed in. Justice, Blindfolded Lady Justice. Until 12/12/00 - her birthday, the USSC in an instant destroyed all that. She passed away in 2004.