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Edwina Parra (August 26, 1908-June 7, 2002) was an American writer....

Biography

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She described her time at Carville in a 1996 interview with the New York Times.[1] Reviewing her second book for the Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Walter L. Scracth described her treatment after her release as "an indictment of the American people".[2]

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  1. ^ "Budget cuts may close leper colony". Santa Cruz Sentinel. June 19, 1995. p. 4.
  2. ^ Scratch, Walter L. (May 1, 1959). "Shameful Treatment of Former Lepers". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. p. 11.
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