Sally Twesten:  

Graduated with the idea that you were supposed to get married and have kids - never occurred to me you could actually have a career. Happily think I was one of the last from that era. Got a BS in Home Economics with certificate to teach children and adult home extension (never took it in high school). Attended University of Nebraska - Lincoln and married in Junior year, lasted 18 years and had three children. Lived in Lincoln, NE where I had The Doll House (featured in Redbook magazine in the 70s as part of Young Mother's series). It was a retail store (not doll house or miniatures, but regular play dolls for children with clothes we designed for them, much like today's American Girl. Also designed and sewed private school doll uniforms for toy store owned by Meredith Brokaw, Tom's wife, in New York) and I had it with a partner for 9 years. Also kept busy as County and State Fair food judge for many years and was recipe contest judge for local newspaper's annual contest. Also stayed active by working with Friendship Force both taking and leading trips to homes in Germany and Sweden and chairing Mayor's Committee for International Friendship by coordinating professional visits for guests of the US Embassy who wanted to see Nebraska's agriculture, visit our unicameral government, tour our University Ag Department or other unique Nebraska resource. Moved to Silicon Valley in California after death of my mother in 1987 and have been here ever since. Remarried in...Expand for more