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It was just a question of how, and then this opportunity came up, or?… Read More

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Yes. Read More

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When you went to the hospital, you were still an animal keeper?… Read More

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Responsibilities were same, different?… Read More

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What was your biggest concern when you started working at the zoo in the back of your mind?… Read More

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I didn’t have any concerns. I was just excited to get a job that I wanted. And I enjoyed it. Read More

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And so your responsibilities were animal keeper, taking care of the animals in that area?… Read More

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Not many, and I was the only female in the large mammal area. And most of older men, you know, treating me like their daughters or their granddaughters, I mean, they warned me, you know, you never, you know, you never scoop out something without checking to make sure that… Read More

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I mean, did you… Well, we all knew each other and we would hang, yeah, we would probably exchange stories of what happened to you today and, you know, whatever it was, again, it just was the nature of the beast. You know, it didn’t really phase you. It wasn’t… Read More

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Did you commiserate with the other women?… Read More

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And when you started as an animal keeper, Miles had indicated to you that if you were a man, it’d be good, but how were you received in this position as a woman?… Read More

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I didn’t, well, it was odd. I mean, I remember when I was first assigned to the hoofstock area with the sable antelope, I was working with a keeper who later left the zoo to become an Arizona State Trooper, but he informed me that I was gonna have difficulty,… Read More

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But you were one of few women who were working in the zoo, there weren’t many?… Read More

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Oh, you were married. Yeah. No. Now during your time, and we’ll kinda break it up, but during your time at the National Zoo, you’ve held more than just the title of animal keeper. Correct. Read More

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And you were living at home?… Read More

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And what were all your titles that you held and how did you progress upward in management?… Read More

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Well, I worked at large mammals and then I became a keeper at the hospital. I worked with Mitch Bush up there. And then the Smithsonian decreed that there weren’t enough women in management, so I applied for a job in management and it was between me and another woman… Read More

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Remember your first day on the job?… Read More

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Yes, I do. We had to do something with a reindeer and Frosty the reindeer, she was a white reindeer. And the vet was there. Mitch Bush was the vet at the time. Mitch Bush and and Clint Gray. And Clint Gray came down and he was, you know, he… Read More

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Boy, I don’t know who was the deputy director at the time. Most of the names I can think of were not there when I started. Jaren Horsley was the general curator and he was the reptile guy. Read More