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Glenda Price-Carter Research Paper

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Glenda’s family and her stopped moving when both Glenda and Scott decided to retire from the Air Force in 2008 making their permanent home in Newport News Virginia. Just before retiring, she decided to get her degree in teaching. After receiving her degree, she retired and became a third grade teacher at Greenwood Elementary School, Newport News, VA. Glenda Price-Carter is my mother and to me the strongest women for her sacrifice of so many years to her country. I believe that if Glenda allowed racism of the 70s and 80s around her stop her, she wouldn’t be the women she is

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