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Robin Bradford first learned about homeless women veterans in 2012 when she stumbled across a Huffington Post article. According to the article, the number of homeless women veterans had more than doubled between 2006 and 2010, rising from 1,380 to 3,328 individuals.
Bradford was âdisgusted,â learning that the increase in the number of women veterans experiencing homelessness was nearly 100 percent higher than the increase seen in their male peers. âI just found that very shameful,â said Bradford.
In 2013, driven by her new-found awareness on this alarming trend, and her subsequent research, Bradford, an award-winning writer, director, and producer, wrote the play Low Hanging Fruit. The performance â directed by Louis Parnell and presented by 3Girls Theatre Company â portrays the lives of four homeless women veterans struggling to survive on Los Angelesâ Skid Row.
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