The Long Journey of Zenobia Carson

By: as told to Mingyu Ma

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 1,256

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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I grew up among Bettys and Barbaras and Dorothys. When I was born in 1947, my mother decided to call me Zenobia. You can bet I got teased because of my name, but my mother said I would grow into it. She was a very different kind of …

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