Roberta Lindsly was one of two female gas station attendants at a station in Tulsa.
They were perhaps not the first, but they were unique enough to get KOTV reporter Bob Brown to do a story about them.
After the gas station, she joined the Navy in 1967, where she met and married her husband.
TULSA, Oklahoma -
Last month, we aired an almost 50-year-old story from The Vault about two female gas station attendants in Tulsa.
Well, not long after, we were surprised to hear from one of them.
Roberta Lindsly was one of two female gas station attendants at a station in Tulsa. They were perhaps not the first, but they were unique enough to get KOTV reporter Bob Brown to do a story about them.
Rick Wells thought we should catch up with her, and as he shows us in the video above, her pioneering spirit has continued all her life.
12/14/2012 Related Story: From The KOTV Vault: Tulsa Welcomes Female Gas Station Attendants