Their presence as survivors is seen as a blessing and proof that cancer is not a death sentence. It's okay to talk about cancer. Cancer is not a punishment. God is still with them 4. There are ways, like mammography, for women to take care of themselves.
Women have a right and a duty to take care of themselves.
Women who have survived cancer assume new spiritual and social importance from working in the project. They are allowed to step out of their old social patterns in ways most African Americans or outside trainers can't.