They Thought This Mother Was a Pushover-Until She Proved Them Wrong The deck was stacked against Jennie Morton right from the start. She was a victim of physical violence (sexual assault as a child), married at seventeen and a mother at twenty, and subject to emotional and financial torment by a string of vicious husbands and abusive boyfriends. Still, she never gave up or gave in. Even when her ex-husband used his connections in the local courts to bully her, take away two of her children, and drive her out of town, she would not be silenced. Standing Strong tells the story of Jennie's...