Female Force: Dolly Parton 2: The Sequel

Title: Female Force: Dolly Parton 2: The Sequel
Writer: Michael Frizell
Art: Roman Salas
Letters: Benjamin Gilbert
Cover A: Ramon Salas
Cover B: Joe Phillips
Cover C: Joe Paradise
Editor: Darren G. Davis
Page count: 24
Non fiction
Publisher: Titalwave Comics
Publication date: March 16th, 2022
Available digitally on multiple platforms or in print
Reviewed by: Allen Klingelhoets

Dolly Parton was born into a poverty family in Tennessee. This helped the singer later in life understand the impact of generational poverty. She had a clear view “The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it but the shame of it.”

Dolly dreamed of going to Nashville to be a singer when in high school.

Dolly after was set in singing career created” Imagination Library.” This gives books from time born to time goes to school as child.

Also, formed way to convince middle schoolers in Tennessee to stay in school. The kids had to have one person as “buddy”. Dolly made deal to personally give them 500 dollars if stay in school and graduate high school. The person would only get 500 dollars if their buddy set at beginning also graduated. This was in Sevierville, Tennessee. Drop out rate went down by 6 percent in Sevierville, TN.

Dolly understood importance of education to break the cycle of poverty. She was quoted as saying” If all adults completed high school or secondary – school equivalent, global poverty would be cut in half.”

Dolly said in interview:” If you don’t like the road your walking, start paving a new one.”

The still living singer Dolly Parton averages about a million dollars each year given back to charities.

This is a very feel-good story.



Allen Klingelhoets