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By DEBORAH SIMMONS
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A recent Time magazine article reported that six million women are battered by their husbands and boyfriends each year. Of those women 2,000 to 4,000 are beaten to death.
The Women’s Abuse Shelter located in Culpeper, opened its doors in June 1980 to help combat the ever-increasing problem of spouse abuse. The shelter offers support for battered women in Rappahannock, Madison, Orange, Culpeper and Fauquier counties.
In 1983, the shelter received 488 calls. Forty-two women with 62 children were housed at the shelter.
During the past six months of 1984 the shelter received 297 calls from the five-county area and sheltered 23 women and 30 children.
Nine percent of the women housed were from Rappahannock County; seven percent of all calls received were from Rappahannock.
Since the Shelter is located in Culpeper and publicity has been widespread in Culpeper and Fauquier, the majority of women come from these two counties.
Spouse abuse is common to all races and crosses all socio-economic classes. Alcohol, along with early life
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