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A Grandmother's Other Role: Midwife

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 03/18/2010 - 10:14pm

Graciela Kavulla grew up in Texas near her grandmother, Adelaida. As Graciela recalls, her grandmother was determined to become a midwife.

To learn how, a doctor gave her some medical books. But there was a problem: She couldn't read.

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An In-Law's Tough Love Gives Way To True Friendship

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 12/04/2009 - 4:20am

Lucille Mascarenas moved from the city to her husband's farm in New Mexico when she got married. It was 1966, and she knew nothing about farming or cooking.

She tells her son how she learned from her husband's stern grandmother and along the way became her friend.

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