The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
Whew, I finally did get off that Charlotte County Virginia tobacco farm only to find myself writing about it twenty years later!
Background
Information
I grew up in rural Charlotte County Virginia, one of four daughters. I now realize my humble upbringing on that tobacco farm has molded the person I am today. My mama and daddy taught me the value of a job well done and the importance of hard work. I reflect on all the things I loved and all the things I hated about that tobacco farm in my first book, "A Tobacco Farmer's Daughter".
Birth Place
Charlotte County, VA
Accomplishments
1980 Graduate of Randolph-Henry High in Charlotte County
1981-First woman on the Brookneal, Va Vol Rescue Squad
1981-Emergency Medical Tech certification
1983-1987 proud stay-at-home mom to Ashley
1996-Magna Cum Laude graduate of VWCC dental hygiene.
1996-Phi Theta Kappa academic member
1996-Sigma Phi Alpha academic dental hygiene award
Alice Hincliffe Academic award-dental hygiene
2002-Author of, "A Tobacco Farmer's Daughter"