A portion of her opening statement.
When the last of the local mines closed in the 1960s, my
father wanted to emigrate to the United States to work in
the coal mines in West Virginia, or in Pennsylvania. But
his mother, my grandmother, had been crippled from hard
labor. My father couldn’t leave, so he stayed in northern
England until he died in 2012. My mother still lives in my
hometown today.
When the last of the local mines closed in the 1960s, my
father wanted to emigrate to the United States to work in
the coal mines in West Virginia, or in Pennsylvania. But
his mother, my grandmother, had been crippled from hard
labor. My father couldn’t leave, so he stayed in northern
England until he died in 2012. My mother still lives in my
hometown today.