The Nature Vs. Nurture Argument-Mavis
Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Mavis, a woman who was adopted at birth from Chicago.
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0:01 – Early Career and the Sadistic Pathologist
3:04 – Autopsies & Med School
8:08 – Reinventing Herself
10:30 – Falling in Love & Losing Her Grandmother
13:11 – Marriage, Business, & Motherhood
16:15 – Doris’s Suicide and Becoming Pregnant
19:00 – Husband Diagnosed With Cancer
21:07 – Renovating a Historic House
23:36 – Giving Birth & Medical Emergency
26:28 – Spinal Surgery and Recovery
29:12 – Founding a Daycare Center
31:34 – Flying With Babies and Cosmetic Surgery Stories
34:38 – Car Crash Survivor and Medical Reconstruction
37:20 – Raising a Bipolar Daughter and Her Death
40:14 – Retirement & Finding Her Birth Family
43:01 – Her Genetic Legacy
45:24 – Reflections on Survival, Success, and Love
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