Complex sentence: After leaving Otago, Flower taught home science at Pukekohe High School, before travelling to the United States in 1951, where she attended a number of Cordon Bleu courses.
Split into simpler sentences: After leaving Otago, Flower taught home science at Pukekohe High School. In 1951, she travelled to the United States, where she attended a number of Cordon Bleu courses.