it has occurred to me that had I been a male in the early '40s I would…

[I]t has occurred to me that had I been a male in the early '40s I would have been in the service. Being female I was allowed to continue my education and that is a very important thing to remember.

Juanita M. Kreps Carolinian

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Oral history interview with Lynn Haessly, January 17, 1986, Southern Oral History Program (Interview C-0011), UNC-Chapel Hill

form: interview
work: Oral history interview, Southern Oral History Program
year: 1986

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