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Sewing your way out of hell
Wrongly tossed in a women's prison outside Guadalajara, Rebecca Roth found making dolls to be her salvation. She started by making one for a little girl who with her mother and 12 other women, shared a cell made for seven. The little girl had nothing to play with but an empty coke bottle so Rebecca figured she'd combat her hopelessness by making the child a cloth doll. Soon she was teaching other women how to make dolls, and 5 years later when the courts reversed their decision and she was free. Outside now, she has continued helping women convicts make dolls and sells them all over Mexico at upscale marketplaces and galleries. If you want more information or would like to donate materials, check out www.prisondolls.com.
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