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Show 91 Chapter Two. The Bureau of Land Management. When Jan Knight declared Range Management as her major at the start of her freshman year at Utah S t a t e , there was only one other woman in the program, a s e n i o r . Toward the end of her f i r s t quarter Don Dwyer called Jan to his o f f i c e . He told her that interviewers from the Bureau of Land Management were r e c r u i t i n g Range students for a trainee program, and they would l i k e to t a l k to her. Jan was astonished. "I couldn't imagine why they vianted to t a lk to me! I d i d n ' t even have one quarter of college completed, and I hadn't yet taken any courses in Range Management. I d i d n ' t consider myself a very appealing job prospect for anyone." But at that time, because of the Equal Employment Opportunity act, federal agencies were being prodded to h i r e women and m i n o r i t i e s . The Bureau of Land Management had a hard time finding "professional" viomen - women who were t r a i n e d to do f i e l d work r a t h e r than office work. Although Jan vias just a freshman, she seemed c e r t a i n that she vianted to work in Range, she was doing well in her c l a s s e s , and Don Dviyer spoke highly of her. The people from the BLM viere anxious to have a look at her. "When I went to the interview I was s o r t of nervous," Jan says, "so I don't remember much about vihat they asked me." Though Jan seemed shy, the interviewers viere impressed by her quiet air of dependability. They t o l d her to take a Civil Service t e s t and fill out a job a p p l i c a t i o n for the BLM. If she passed the t e s t , the |