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Donald Thornton was a ditchdigger who sought more for his six daughters, expressing: "I really like you better than I really like life," he promised his children. "But I'm not necessarily gonna be around to look after you, no man's gonna come along and provide to take care of you because you ain't light-skinned. That is why you gotta be able to look after yourselves. And then for that you gotta be smart." Donald decided to do the grandest thing he could think of: power them to make a success of these lives. Along with their mom, Tass, he cajoled and motivated the girls to succeed while working two full-time careers to keep them properly fed and clothed. All six became successful, self-employed, attained women: two of his six daughters became doctors, one became a dentist, one a lawyer, one a nurse, and one a court stenographer. The Ditchdigger's Daughters is the inspirational account of a family group with a strong role model who arranged family principles about all else. Donald's persuasive good sense, folk knowledge and right-on insights gave them the abilities they would need to triumph over obstacles in their pathways to success.
