Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Born 1936
“He templed his fingers, leaned back in his chair, and said, ‘Mrs. Lavendette, why do you reject your duty as a mother?'”
During the hour and a half I spent with Sonee, I came to believe that she is my elder self. She fought against a lot of chauvinism, and paved the way for women in the engineering and automotive industries – all without a formal degree (she earned her Bachelors at age 55, and her Masters at 58). You’ll love her.
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