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But women can overcome the "blind
ers" and find success in non-traditional
careers, Wesely said.
Another woman seeking success in a
non-traditional career will graduate in June
from SECC. Brenda Marquardt, 19, said
she became interested in auto mechanics
through her father, Donald, of McCook.
She would help her father fix the
family's cars and ask queions, Marquardt
said. But when she decided to study auto
mcchancis, he didn't approve, she said.
When she suggested what to fix on their
cars, lie "caught on," Marquardt said.
She said she likes fixing cars because the
problems are never exactly the same. She
would hate to sit beiiind a desk to work,
she said.
"I'd rather have a tool in my hand then
a typewriter under my fingers," Marquardt
said.
More men in "women's" jobs
The number of men training for non
traditional careers has also increased over
the years, according to administrators.
More men are going into nursing, tend
ing to specialize in a particular area such as
anesthesia, a St. Elizabeth Community
Health Center spokesman said.
St. Elizabeth, Bryan Memorial and
Lincoln General Hospitals employ a total
of 17 male registered and licensed practical
nurses. The 17 include two anesthetists,
a cardio-pulmonary nurse, a director of
nursing and a director of administration.
The Bryan Memorial School of Nursing
lias nine male students out of 262, student
service coordinator Betty Hoffman said.
Seven of the nine are freshmen, she said.
Alan Michels, 19, is a second-year stu
dent in the University of Nebraska Medical
Center's nursing program. He said he would
like to work a while after graduation, then
he might work on a degree in anesthesia,
ology.
Although most people accept his career
choice, Michels said he has been teased
about it.
"I haven't been rejected but I've caught
some flack about it," he said.
He said teasing doesn't bother him be
cause he has adjusted to it. And people are
adjusting their attitudes, Michels said.
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