In Conversation: Dorothy Davis, Part II

‘I am my mother’s rebellious act against the U.S. government, literally.’

Muriel Corrin Davis pioneered the Foreign Service experience for African-American spouses in the 1950s. She felt more at home in some ways in Liberia than she did in New Jersey. She knew all the right people and she was skilled — even exceptional — at her job(s). The expectations and the settings would change, the responsibilities could be both vague a…