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Staff Changes
This was a time in the history of Gonzaga that
brought some dramatic changes.
The first woman to join the staff, Maire
O’Kelly, came to teach Prep 1 in 1968. She has
written about her experience; particularly the courtesy
of her exclusively male colleagues, but also of how
they had to acclimatise themselves to the new
phenomenon of a female sharing their working
environment.
Maire O’Kelly with the Class of 1980 in Prep 1
The presence of women on the Prep staff quickly
ceased to be unusual. Some, like Josephine McGrane,
and Hazel Martin who taught Art, remained for only a
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This was a time in the history of Gonzaga that
brought some dramatic changes.
The first woman to join the staff, Maire
O’Kelly, came to teach Prep 1 in 1968. She has
written about her experience; particularly the courtesy
of her exclusively male colleagues, but also of how
they had to acclimatise themselves to the new
phenomenon of a female sharing their working
environment.
Maire O’Kelly with the Class of 1980 in Prep 1
The presence of women on the Prep staff quickly
ceased to be unusual. Some, like Josephine McGrane,
and Hazel Martin who taught Art, remained for only a
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