![]() She entered the University of Oklahoma in 1963 as an elementary education major, but was accepted into the university’s intermediate ballet program under the tutelage of Miguel Terekhov and Yvonne Chouteau. She and her mother were physically abused, and Mary would escape to her Episcopal priest’s house where she sometimes stayed for days or weeks at a time. Her childhood is a part of her life that Boday says she has never fully reconciled. Yet none of this adversity kept her from being who she wanted to be. She endured this during an already difficult and stressful childhood. She basically bled to death, was revived, and received numerous blood transfusions. Later, when well enough, she underwent a tonsillectomy. When she was 13, Mary developed rheumatic fever and was sick for seven months. ![]() ![]() Originally from Norman, OK, Mary will tell you that she was inspired by the Original Mickey Mouse Club Show in 1955 it was at that time she was sure she wanted to become a dancer. Among other things, Boday is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, author, educator, dancer, and survivor. During a recent interview, she was quick to say that she is a fighter, tenacious in all she does, which she admits has permitted her to achieve her many goals. She represents great women of the past, present, and those yet to come. The world needs more people like Mary Price Boday. ![]()
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