9 WOMEN KNOWN AS “THE 9 NANAS” SECRETLY SPENT 30 YEARS BAKING CAKES, PAYING BILLS, AND BUYING CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED WITHOUT EVEN THEIR HUSBANDS KNOWING.
Long before anyone knew their name, nine women in West Tennessee were quietly changing lives. They called themselves “The 9 Nanas,” a name as warm and unassuming as the way they moved through the world. For more than 30 years, they carried out acts of kindness in secret — so quietly, in fact, that not