Wife Abuse Wynona Ward, Lawyer: Have Justice Will Travel Bill Moyers' NOW 11-15-02

Video Number 31. 1:01:40 - 1:09:55

She operates a law firm on wheels. Legal services to victims of domestic violence. Too often distance and social pressure hides the abuse that is occurring ("My neighbor's business in my neighbor's business.")

Her marriage was a way to get out of an abusive family. Her father abused her and her mother. When her brother was charged with abusing a little girl it brought back painful memories. She worked to get her brother convicted.

Wynona Ward spends 40-50 hours per week providing legal services all around rural Vermont and 30 to 40 hours per week grant writing and fund raising. She employes two attorneys, a paralegal, and an administrative assistant.