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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next table, JoEllen Burton, 25, of Dayton studied a rule book while her husband, Jack, helped field-marshal a 15th century Franco-Austrian war. She too is a war gamer. "It was either that or be alone," she confessed. "I finally decided that it's his hobby, so why not get into it?" War gaming is still a bastion of male chauvinism, apparently; JoEllen's tactful explanation is that "too many men feel uncomfortable unless women are very good at it. The group I'm in at home has been very patient with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ann Arbor: The Guns of July | 7/31/1978 | See Source »

Kimball vanquished opponents Rebella Nazare, Margaret Moore, and Joellen Casey by identical 0-5 scores. The senior's lone test of the afternoon came in her final match with Beverly Bendkisen, who eventually succumbed...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Fencers Decapitate Corsairs, 23-4; Radcliffe Foilers Also Romp, Rip SMU, 13-3 | 12/6/1975 | See Source »

...first female deputy port warden in the U.S., Joellen Natow, 29, patrols Los Angeles harbor, checks the handling of flammable cargoes, and keeps an eye out for thieves, drug smugglers and illegal aliens. She has mastered the use of the .38-cal. revolver she carries, as well as such mysterious port argot as: "There's a camel loose in the channel; get a sea gull to pick it up." Translation: "A wharf pile is afloat; get a refuse boat to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Male and Female | 2/19/1973 | See Source »

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