Chapter 07: A Fun Job, But Choosing to Focus on Family

Mrs. McGready acknowledges that she didn\u27t realize how special her position was at the time, working for a brand new cancer institute. She saw the job as really fun, and she worked with people she liked. She shares stories of their pleasant interactions. She next talks about attitudes toward cancer at the time and reflects on advances that have been made. She expresses satisfaction with her choice to marry and have a family. She sketches what her children are doing now. At the end of the interview, Mrs. McGready says, I\u27ve just always been very proud of the fact that I did see the nucleus of it. And then when I went back and saw the Virchows all in this air-conditioned room, that was impressive. I positioned them. Well, I felt very, very lucky to have been in it at that stage.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1058/thumbnail.jp