Gloria Cain (née Etchison), of Atlanta, married now-businessman and radio host Herman Cain after she graduated from Morris Brown College in 1968. Ms. Cain is a homemaker; she also has worked as a teacher and a librarian. The Cains have two children and three grandchildren. Mr. Cain has said of his wife, who avoids the spotlight, 'My wife represents that calm and tranquility that I look forward to seeing when I get home.'

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