Rita Foster, 20, "mother" of eight orphaned brothers and sisters

Associated Press · June 20, 1962

Warroad Minn.'s Rita Foster, 20, "mother" to seven younger sisters and a brother, since death within last year and half of both parents. Shows some of the 2,000 letters received after her story was told nationally last fall by the Associated Press. She is leafing through a scrapbook bulging with stories clipped from newspapers from coast to coast.