Mary Norris

I liked cows: they led a placid yet productive life.

It was the first time I could be completely honest in a job interview. I didn’t have any experience, but I was sincerely interested in the dairy industry.

I wasn’t a man, but I didn’t like the word “lady”—it seemed not feminist—so I wouldn’t holler “Milklady!” and “milkmaid” was a little too fanciful.