Mary Rawls 06/13/2011 & 06/30/2011

Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her circus career which spanned a lifetime. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much of her career. Mary talked about learning to perform, the challenges and benefits of rearing children in the circus community, and about transitioning to concessions after retiring from the wire. She and husband, Harry, reared eight children as they traveled the country with various circuses.