Interview 22877 – Caption Index: 431
Being a curator, especially in the 70s and the 80s, what were the advantages and disadvantages of being a woman in a male-dominated profession?… Read More
Being a curator, especially in the 70s and the 80s, what were the advantages and disadvantages of being a woman in a male-dominated profession?… Read More
I don’t remember anything that I wanted to do that I was unable to finish. Oh, actually yes I do. ‘Cause the way, when I went from assistant general curator down to curator of large mammals, I was at a step higher than the other curators and when I knew… Read More
Can’t really think of any advantages. I mean, you were sort of treated, well, it was a novelty for a while until there were more of us in the profession. I didn’t attend my first professional meeting until I went to Milwaukee. So by that time, I had been in… Read More
What can you say about changes since you started in the profession?… Read More
No, I was able to accomplish that. Read More
That was done- that you hoped you wanted to accomplish, but you were unable to finish it?… Read More
Don’t ask him any questions, but they always get asked questions. Couple of things that are maybe your opinion. Read More
During your time at the Milwaukee Zoo, what had you hope to accomplished, but were unable to finish?… Read More
‘Cause I retired in 2007 and we were coming into a time of austerity, so there wasn’t anything really that I had wanted to accomplish that I wasn’t going to be able to accomplish. I knew the realities of what was going on, I think, no, I shouldn’t say that. Read More
And you were not able to accomplish that?… Read More
I mean, people who saw them thought they were very interesting animals, but I don’t remember anybody asking me directions, how do I get to see the golden monkeys?… Read More
Most people don’t read the educational messages. I mean, I think graphics has done a lot in making them much more, I won’t say entertaining, but brighter colors, now that they can do a lot of the stuff in house, one of the most successful things that they’ve done in… Read More
An educational message, what do you think is the secret, if any, of getting people to actually read an educational message?… Read More
What was the public’s reaction to these rare monkeys?… Read More
Again, nothing comes to mind. We had talked about the golden monkeys at the Milwaukee Zoo. Read More
Just another monkey. I mean, they were housed down in the Australian building, so most people didn’t, it’s the far end of the zoo and most people didn’t see them. Read More
Was there any most significant change that you made in the day-to-day care of animals?… Read More
Anything that you changed because you thought it was more effective or it’d be better for the animals?… Read More
That spoke to the day-to-day care?… Read More
Nothing jumps out?… Read More