Thirty-five years ago, there was a changing of the guard at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. Janette Snyder resigned as the Bert Nash Center’s director when her husband, a history professor, took a position at Louisiana State University. Snyder was the first woman to serve in the director’s role at Bert Nash. Another woman – Sandra Shaw, who took over on an interim basis – succeeded Snyder in 1978. A year later, Shaw became the permanent director, a position she held until her...