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After decades of gaslighting and emotional abuse at the hands of her in-laws, this iron-willed woman survived being shot four times point blank, won a separation from her husband, and became one of the most respected business icons in New Orleans.
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The poster child for childhood abuse, nobody should ever make a kids' movie about her.
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