Word: gay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gay was born in Ireland in 1943. Her father, a grass-roots politician, nurse and union activist, imbued her with a civic sense and a desire to be a nurse...
This desire led Gay to leave Ireland in 1961; she moved to England to pursue a nursing career...
...Gay met her husband, Bertram Gay, while in England. The couple moved to Somerville in 1968 because their child needed surgery that was only offered at Boston Children's Hospital...
When they found that everybody in Somerville "sort of wanted to help," Gay said they decided to stay...
...Gay was also drawn by what seemed the high level of opportunity available...