Interview with Georgie Clark

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Bicycles
Comptometer
Ferry Command
GrandCanyon
Lake Michigan

Swimming in Lake Michigan as a child;
working as a comptometer operator; bike ride from New York to Los Angeles; flight school in Quartzite; the Ferry Command; first swim in the Grand Canyon

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Grand Canyon
Rafting
Tourist trade
Swimming in the Grand Canyon; early experiments with rafts; Royal River Rats, initiation; river trip traditions

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Publicity
Tourist trade
Wilderness More trip traiditions; fireman as boatman; "Share the Expense" plan; filming the canyon and rapids; the Crazy Woman of the River

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Gender discrimination
Rafting Appearance on the Groucho Marx Show; injuries and dangers; being the first woman on the river

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Boy Scouts
Feminist movement "Six Girls Against the Colorado"; Boy Scouts in Glen Canyon; feminism; dogs on river trips

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Dams
Glen Canyon Dam
National Park Service
Sierra Club Glen Canyon Dam; National Park
Concessioner system; changes in
the river upon completion of Glen
Canyon Dam; rafting in Mexico

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Navajos
Rio Grande Santiago

Rafting in Mexico, continued; Christmas parties with Navajos; live and let live; personal memories



PART 1 Listen Transcript	Bicycles Comptometer Ferry Command GrandCanyon Lake Michigan	Swimming in Lake Michigan as a child; working as a comptometer operator; bike ride from New York to Los Angeles; flight school in Quartzite; the Ferry Command; first swim in the Grand Canyon

PART 2 Listen Transcript	Grand Canyon Rafting Tourist trade	Swimming in the Grand Canyon; early experiments with rafts; Royal River Rats, initiation; river trip traditions

PART 3 Listen Transcript	Publicity Tourist trade Wilderness	More trip traiditions; fireman as boatman; "Share the Expense" plan; filming the canyon and rapids; the Crazy Woman of the River

PART 4 Listen Transcript	Gender discrimination Rafting	Appearance on the Groucho Marx Show; injuries and dangers; being the first woman on the river

PART 5 Listen Transcript	Boy Scouts Feminist movement	"Six Girls Against the Colorado"; Boy Scouts in Glen Canyon; feminism; dogs on river trips

PART 6 Listen Transcript	Dams Glen Canyon Dam National Park Service Sierra Club	Glen Canyon Dam; National Park Concessioner system; changes in the river upon completion of Glen Canyon Dam; rafting in Mexico

PART 7 Listen Transcript	Navajos Rio Grande Santiago	Rafting in Mexico, continued; Christmas parties with Navajos; live and let live; personal memories