Virginia Jaspers was a baby nurse in the 1950s. She was at least six feet tall, and she weighed over 200 pounds. A physically looming presence, she did not have a gentle touch with babies. She was also inexplicably weepy at times, and she did not seem to have much of a life outside of her job. 

Nevertheless, overburdened and overwhelmed parents turned to Jaspers in order to make their lives easier. They overlooked any reservations that they may have had about her style of interaction with their babies and her sometimes strange ideas about baby care (eg, mixing cereal into formula). In some cases, they were warned about Jaspers unacceptable child care practices, but they failed to heed the warnings.

The result, of course, was that the babies suffered. They were brutalized by the hands of the baby nurse. She shook them until their brains were battered and they had massive internal bleeding. She threw babies into their cribs when they troubled her with their cries. However, people were mighty careful about making accusations against Jaspers. After all, she was the daughter of an ex-Senator.

Lilacs in the Rain by James Peinkofer, 2007

I have questions about all of the dialogue being true. It is an interesting literary device, but I do not know how much of the dialogue can be verified as actually having occurred. 

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