"I have a very strict mother. As a child, I was never allowed to sleep over at friends' houses or travel on the bus to and from school alone. I was always accompanied and had it drilled into me that there is safety in numbers because girls are not safe; women are not safe, alone. Never leave the pack, never wander off."
"At the age of 23, Elizabeth Plunkett was raped and murdered by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans at Brittas Bay - the case featured in the podcast Stolen Sister. Emma Nolan's mother is Kathleen, the sister of Elizabeth. Here, Emma describes the traumatic effect of the killing on her family I have a very strict mother. As a child, I was never allowed to sleep over at friends' houses or travel on the bus to and from school alone."
At the age of 23, Elizabeth Plunkett was raped and murdered by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans at Brittas Bay. Kathleen, Elizabeth's sister, reacted by becoming intensely protective of her children. Kathleen's daughter, Emma Nolan, was never allowed to sleep over at friends' houses or travel alone on the bus and was always accompanied. Kathleen repeatedly taught her daughters that there is safety in numbers and warned that girls and women are not safe alone. Initial frustration with strict rules gave way to an understanding of the depth of Kathleen's vigilance, which produced lasting changes in family behavior and outlook toward personal safety.
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