Hired first as an Administrative Associate, she subsequently was promoted to the position of Conference Account Coordinator then Conference Account Manager, the position that she holds today.
She subsequently was assigned to army hospitals in Michigan, California, the Philippines, Washington, D.C., Georgia, Missouri, and China; she also served for a time in the office of the surgeon general.
When Merian was three, her father, renowned illustrator Matthäus Merian, died, and she subsequently was raised by her mother and stepfather, still-life painter Jacob Marrel.
She subsequently was a driving force in the establishment of the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap (later known as Inclusion International).
She subsequently was stillborn.
She subsequently was imprisoned for over a year before being formally charged.
She subsequently was featured in a segment on CBS's 60 Minutes, bringing her national recognition.
She subsequently was stripped of valuable materials and left as a breakwater, remaining there to this day.
She subsequently was present in the Philippines in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Manila Bay between American and Spanish squadrons during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
She said that she had subsequently been "put in a trash can, [had] cold water poured over [her], [and] slapped".
(She has subsequently been allowed to return, she said).
