don’t let the B&W picture fool you into thinking that this was a very very long time ago. this woman is very much still alive and only 60 years old. she is an activist who advocates for restrictions on child marriage and has her own TED talk sharing her experience!
This is Sherry Johnson.
A church member raped her at eight, and she became pregnant at 9. She had her first child at age ten and was forced to marry her rapist at 11. By age 17, she had six kids. Why act like these abuse victims still being married is a success, not a tragedy?