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I was doing miscellaneous keeper jobs, just kinda helping the keepers, carry the bucket, tilt the load, go check this, go look at that. Read More

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And what kind of zoo did you find when you first got there?… Read More

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Yeah, I stayed enjoying dog shows and still just finished showing my last groups of dogs a few years ago and said, “Okay, I think now I don’t need to do this anymore, but yeah.” you mentioned that you would hang out at the lion house at Lincoln Park Zoo… Read More

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Well, there was young lady that I had come to know. I don’t even know where we met at this point. I can’t even remember, but we’d known each other a long time, and her name was Susie Reef. And Susie was at the zoo and Susie said to me,… Read More

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Were there are a lot of volunteers at the zoo at the time?… Read More

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Well, I was just some cleanup, feed ’em, clean ’em, and then eventually show them, go to the dog shows with them on the weekends, and either just assist or if they needed me to go in and handle the dog and show the dogs for ’em. Read More

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Did that carry showing the dogs carry over and as you continued your life?… Read More

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Yes. Read More

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Were you learning any life lessons at the kennel while you were working there that stood you in good stead?… Read More

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I mean… I imagine the first life lesson that I learned, which didn’t seem to be much of a lesson at the time, but I guess it might’ve been, is that these animals are totally dependent on us. And so, doing a good job, making sure they’re properly cared for,… Read More

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So what kind of jobs did you have at the kennel?… Read More

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That started when I was very young again, in that Chicago Near North Side flat. We were still in a neighborhood where the ice man delivered ice for the ice boxes. And he delivered them in a wagon drawn by a horse. And my dad knew the ice man, and… Read More

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But later you were doing some teaching in the Lincoln Park area?… Read More

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Yes. Because I was exercising Saddlebreds, when I went to Loyola and entered Loyola, I had to meet with a counselor to look at my current credits, and I also had to convince the powers that be at Loyola that I could only take morning classes ’cause I had to… Read More

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Can you tell me something about your schooling?… Read More

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Well, I went to public schools and then once I finished high school, I knew I needed to get a college degree. Again, there weren’t any funds for such things so I started working, but unlike most young gals, instead of babysitting and doing things like that, I, by that… Read More

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And so I drove to that and then after the first two years, I kept saving money and then transferred to Loyola, and I wanted to, planning to be a math major because at that point, although I, by that age, I knew I really wanted to work somehow with… Read More

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How did you evolve into working with horses?… Read More

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Yes, once we could afford a TV. I used to watch him on television, you bet. Absolutely. Read More

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So, you knew he was the director of the zoo and- Did you ever bring home animals or you weren’t allowed?… Read More