“She has been acclaimed the most original of our class, and she lives up to her reputation at all times. The one thing to expect from Dind is the unexpected.”
- Roland Park County School Yearbook, 1924 |
"her physical disability barred her entry into the career service."
- J.K Huddle in efficiency report, 1937 "Why, Oh, Why do the regulations governing the entrance into the career service prescribe that amputation of any portion of a limb, except fingers or toes, diqualify an applicant? . . . It seems to me that a regulation of this kind is a great mistake because it might exclude a first class applicant who had an artificial hand or an artificial leg and was perfectly capable of performing all Diplomatic Corps duties . . . I have known many people with wooden legs who dance just as well as many diplomats who have natural legs." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Secretary of State, Cordell Hull regarding Virginia's advancement in the State Department, February 9, 1938 (Mitchell 52) |