She Grew Up in Extreme Poverty, Married at Just 15, and Faced Years of Heartbreak — Then Became One of America’s Most Beloved Music Legends

Poverty nearly wrote her future before she could choose it. Married at fifteen and raising four children before twenty-one, this Kentucky girl faced a troubled marriage while a remarkable voice waited to be heard. A seventeen-dollar guitar would help change everything, but the woman who made millions listen would also face losses that fame could never shield her fro…

That girl was Loretta Lynn.