Recalling yesterdays
By: Mary Joy Breton
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780878397549
Subjects: Women government executives; Biography; Women environmentalists
Description: "Plunged into poverty by the Great Depression, Mary Joy tells how--after losing their home in Minneapolis--she and her family lived off an acre of land in then-rural Eden Prairie township. Volunteer work during a political campaign in 1968 led to a job offer that launched her back into the work world. Mary Joy's memoir covers the ups and downs of her 27-year career in government, corporations, the University of Minnesota, and environmental organizations--rising from a secretary role to an executive level. She also tells about her 40-year marriage, her mid-life metamorphosis, and her people-to-people diplomacy experience with Russian citizens during a Volga River cruise in 1990.