My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system. ↗
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem. ↗
I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67. ↗