Thanks to Todd Plummer who suggested Catherine Munson for GGSTEM. The picture above appeared in the Marin News soon after she passed away.
The article says
Mrs. Munson, a native of Omaha, Neb., grew up in the Midwest and studied microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Nebraska, earning master’s degrees in both. After marrying Bill Munson in 1948 and moving to San Francisco, she worked for the Atomic Energy Commission before quitting to raise three daughters.
Here’s a video with Mrs. Munson discussing her career in real estate.
Video published on Mar 7, 2014
Excerpt from an oral history interview by the Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library, for the North San Rafael History Project.
Interview conducted on May 31, 2013.Over the years, Catherine Munson sold more than 3,250 Eichler homes. She worked until two weeks before her death, on March 3, 2014, at the age of 86.
Project Director: Laurie Thompson
Interviewer: Marilyn L. Geary
Humanities Advisors: Shirley Fischer and Kay Noguchi
Video Production by Paul Kagawa.