Retha H. Eldridge
Retha H. Eldridge, a wife, mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother. After spending many years as a missionary wife in the Far East, she now lives with her husband in North Carolina.
Shepherdess: Mother-in-law. Daughter-in-law.
Friction between in-laws doesn't have to develop, as the love of Naomi and Ruth so beautifully demonstrates.