StoryCorps: Wanda Zoeller and Susan Herndon

Part of Series StoryCorps
Length 01:49
Licensor StoryCorps
Producer(s) Produced by Michael Garofalo; Series Produced by Michael Garofalo
Formats Interview, Soft Feature
Topics Children, Family, Women
Produced May, 2008
Added to PRX May 9, 2008
 

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Summary:

Wanda Zoeller (L) remembers her mother with her partner, Susan Herndon.

Website:

http://www.storycorps.net/listen

Additional Credits and Funding:

State Farm, NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Timely on:

May 11: Mother's Day

Tones:

Intimate, Personal

Language:

English

Description:

Wanda Zoeller, the youngest of six children, was so poor growing up that her family had to keep borrowing a light bulb from one room to light another. Zoeller says her mother, who was the most important person in her life, made sure they didn't feel poor.