Gussie McRobert became a successful nurse, broadcast journalist, radio and TV producer, community advocate, and the mayor of Gresham, Oregon -

No one would ever believe that she was born with two strikes against her: an alcoholic father and a revengeful mother who tried to kill her over and over again.

"I knew from early childhood that my mother hated me with a passion...She couldn't display anger or displeasure about her nineteen-year sentence as the household slave, and she was not going to quietly accept being enslaved another twenty years with an unwanted child. She was filled with fury. Her failure to kill me with her kitchen counter "accidental" murder attempts fed her already full reservoir of rage until it overflowed - onto me. Every day began and ended and continued all day and every day with her angry accusations and outbursts shaking her fist at me 'If it wasn't for you...'"

From Hell and Back is the true story of how one woman survived her traumatic childhood, and the legacy it brought, to become a most remarkable person of great influence.

More than a personal story of survival, From Hell and Back is a shocking exposé of how the laws of our nation have allowed women to be treated as second-class citizens for more than 200 years.

Gussie (Norma J.) McRobert served as Mayor of Gresham, Oregon's forth largest city, for ten years. She is known for "saying it like it is." Government advisor Michael McKeever: "Oregon is famous for producing political giants and she has a well-deserved place on that rare list. She is one-of-a-kind." McRobert has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Communications, and worked as a television host, producer, and radio news reporter in Portland, Oregon. She has been married for forty-three years to the love of her life.

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