She might also have known Mountain Girl, you never know... my mom was friends with Jeannine Parvati Baker in college (who tried to get her to have a VBAC, but mom was too scared to attempt it).

Yeah, my mom's stories are pretty trippy, too (for example, she hitchhiked to Altamont from Santa Rosa (where she grew up) and was there when the person got killed by the Hell's Angels.