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Lynn C. Woolsey: “You know, I shouldn't come to these hearings because it takes me back 40 years to a nightmare that I try to get behind…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2009
You know, I shouldn't come to these hearings because it takes me back 40 years to a nightmare that I try to get behind me when I was poor and on aid for dependent children with 1-, 3-, and 5-year-old children, forced to go to work because their dad self-destructed and wouldn't get help.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California

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Woolsey reflects on her difficult past with child care while advocating for early education.

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