Living Positively -- Memphian's Can-Do Spirit Source of Inspiration for Others with Hiv
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › November 25, 2011
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Mildred Richard has every reason to be despondent. Depressed. Damn near suicidal, even.
She was abandoned by her drug-addicted mother when she was 8 and dropped out of school when she was 12.See the full content of this document
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Living Positively -- Memphian's Can-Do Spirit Source of Inspiration for Others with Hiv
When Richard was 15, the beloved grandmother who raised her died.
She was a single mom by the age of 20.Her life's path was not unlike thousands of other poor young women in Memphis, but it got worse.Richard was raped when she was 22. Her attacker, she said, left her pregnant and infected with HIV.Ask her about her life, she smiles."I have ...See the full content of this document
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