Sie selbst meint dazu: "Hier hatte ich die Gelegenheit, die Rassentrennung zu erleben, wie sie damals in den Vereinigten Staaten üblich war." ###>During this time, she also spent two years in Monroe, Louisiana, working at St. Joseph’s Nursing Home for the Aged. “This gave me an opportunity to experience segregation as it existed then in the United States,” she explained.