More Info →Janis Muir, career paths - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th June 2023. Not a dietician. Not university, unlike classmates in late 1950s. At DSIR Nuclear Science Institute carbon-14 dating, ending as head of the lab aged 23. Many women in DSIR. Living in hostels. 1964 resigned and moved over several years for husband’s work. Social life – groups to join, free weekends. Kitchen jobs. Inland Revenue, sorting Interest Tickets, then the Audit Section, team leader in the Investigations Section. Gender not an issue. Workplace changes – smoking, coffee, language. Retired at 67. Seasons in an apple pack house. Workbridge.