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Julia Kowalewski
Debra Jizi
UWRT 1104
9 November 2016
Double Entry 4
Drum, Sue, and H E. Whiteley. Women in Veterinary Medicine: Profiles of Success. Ames: Iowa
State University Press, 1991. Print.

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Response

Entrance requirements at Guelph were

farm experience and high grades.
Whatever they wanted, I did. I had to be a
veterinarian. For two summers I lived on
farms, stoked grain, and milked cows.
p.75

She didnt let anything stop her from

achieving her dream. It shows me that if I
stay true to my dreams I can do anything.

I was a research assistant in the Radiation Seeing the experience this women has
Biology Department and supervised four
shows me that I should put myself out
laboratory assistants. I took blood
there and get as much experience as I can.
samples, gave injections, and performed
elementary surgery and dissections on rats
and mice. When I got to veterinary school,
I had a working knowledge of lab animals
and research. p.91
Starting in high school and continuing
through my sophomore year in college, I
was an animal caretaker in the clinics at
the veterinary school. I wanted to gain
exposure to the clinic side of veterinary
medicine. p.91

I already have a position like this, I should

keep up with it as long as possible

I went to Mount Holyoke College, an

intellectually challenging all-womens
college Without men, women were
bolder in class discussions and competed
for responsible positions. Young women
acquired a sense of self-worth, and many

Seeing women have a say in things and

knowing their self worth shows that
women really are coming along in the
veterinary medicine

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were determined to follow a career. p.101
When I was a teenager, I worked several
consecutive summers at a local smallanimal hospital p.115

Having experience is key to showing that

you are ready to take on this career