Patricia Michielssen:
CLASS OF 1971
Claremore High SchoolClass of 1971
Claremore, OK
Patricia's Story
Worked in the operating room after high school with a year as a private scrub to 3 open heart surgeons.
Left that job to become one of the first 1000 women working as a linesman for Bell Telephone. After suffering from heatstroke, applied and was hired by IBM as a field engineer, not many women in this field either at this time.. I'm glad to see things changing and pay grades being brought into the limelight. I know I never made as money as the men, even though I did the exact same job as them. I found this very frustrating. For my 4 granddaughters I really hope this has or will change.
Left Oklahome & moved to Sitk...Expand for more
a, Alaska in 1990 to work in the operation room, where I met my husband Jeff.
We live in Metlakatla, Alaska, where I have lived for the past 27 years. Metlakatla is a small. island south of Ketchikan. Southeast Alaska hs long hard winters, but because we are pretty far south, we do no get the 24 hour sun/darkness like they do up north.
Our winters are still pretty harsh and a hobby (such as beading) helps pass the time away during those long stormy nights when it blows 60 - 100+ mph and raining sideways.
We have a small garden outdoors & indoors for fresh herbs. We just planted some 3 kinds of potatoes & carrots.
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