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“Every 11 seconds a woman was battered in the United States of America. That was in the 1970's. That was when I helped to start a Domestic Violence shelter. We had to protect the women and children. Lenore Walker did her research and began to understand what happens emotionally to a physically abused woman. In this book she also talked about the development of the Cycle of Violence. Having worked to obtain Protection Orders in the legal system I can't say how many lives she saved. If you are...”
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