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- Description:
- In Part 1 of this interview, Alita Bosworth Cameron and Rowena Sherman Allen discuss how they came to attend Brown University; restrictions and expectations of …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- Bosworth, Alita Dorothy (interviewee)
- Sherman, Rowena Albro (interviewee)
- Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1910s
- Athletics
- City girls
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Fraternities
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Physical education
- Professors
- Sororities
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview was donated to the Brown Women Speak project by Carolyn Converse, class of 1964. Converse asked her Strathclyde University coworker, Kathy Kane, to …
- Year:
- 2018
- Contributor:
- Converse, Carolyn Ann (interviewee)
- Kane, Kathleen (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Posture pictures
- Professors
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Jettabee, Diana, Felice, Pearl, Diane, Patricia, Marilyn, Margery, Joan, Kay, and Barbara begin their interview by discussing their admissions process and reasons for choosing Pembroke. …
- Year:
- 2004
- Contributor:
- Class of 1954 (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Dating
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Posture pictures
- Professors
- Sexism
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Geneva, Margaret, Barbara, Jane, Gretchen, Margie, and Jenifer begin their interview by reminiscing about their reasons for choosing Pembroke, citing the coordinate education system as …
- Year:
- 2006
- Contributor:
- Class of 1954 (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Posture pictures
- Sexism
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Pembroke College class of 1964 highlights the undergraduate experiences of Susan Sinykin Benjamin, Ingrid Winther Scobie, Rhoda Nagin Rudick, …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Benjamin, Susan Sinykin (interviewee)
- Scobie, Ingrid Winther (interviewee)
- Rudick, Rhoda Nagin (interviewee)
- Muh, Berit Spant (interviewee)
- Koppel, Mara Gailitis (interviewee)
- Rosenfeld, Susan (interviewee)
- Acheson, Anne Welsh (interviewee)
- Aminof, Linda Mason (interviewee)
- Minker, Susan Bloch (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Dormitories
- Professors
- Sexism
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1983 showcases the undergraduate experiences of Norah Gaughan, Carmen Rodriguez, Gwenn (Masterman) Snider, Kay (Levinson) …
- Year:
- 2008
- Contributor:
- Gaughan, Norah (interviewee)
- Rodriguez, Carmen (interviewee)
- Snider, Gwenn Masterman (interviewee)
- Gurtin, Kay Levinson (interviewee)
- Vigar, Judy Wells (interviewee)
- Heminway, Joan McLeod (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Professors
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1984 captures the experiences of Joy Brownstein, Jean Eastman-Ryan, Maria Mileno, Marcia Brown, Barbara Reid …
- Year:
- 2009
- Contributor:
- Brownstein, Joy (interviewee)
- Eastman-Ryan, Jean (interviewee)
- Mileno, Maria (interviewee)
- Brown, Marcia (interviewee)
- Buckley, Barbara Reid Norris (interviewee)
- Parker, Surrenthia (interviewee)
- Elrod, Karla (interviewer)
- Glass, Patricia (interviewee)
- Davidsen, Amy (interviewee)
- Duckett, Kirstein (interviewee)
- Arya, Pamela (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Employment
- Minority students
- Professors
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1986 highlights the undergraduate experiences of Lisa Caputo, Linda Sanches, Marcy Sandler, Judy-Ann Williams, Pam …
- Year:
- 2011
- Contributor:
- Caputo, Lisa (interviewee)
- Sanches, Linda (interviewee)
- Sandler, Marcy (interviewee)
- Williams, Judy-Ann (interviewee)
- Grayson, Pam Weiler (interviewee)
- Kroll, Janet (interviewee)
- Champion, Christa (interviewee)
- Greer, Amy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Activism
- Feminism
- Fraternities
- Race relations
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1987 encapsulates the undergraduate experiences of Carol Snow, Kim Reuben, Mary Lou Jepsen, Valerie Tutson, …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Snow, Carol (interviewee)
- Reuben, Kim (interviewee)
- Jepsen, Mary Lou (interviewee)
- Tutson, Valerie (interviewee)
- Brown, Trinita (interviewee)
- Sen, Rinku (interviewee)
- Grace, Stephanie (interviewee)
- Mano, Rebecca Zeigler (interviewee)
- Gerrol, Pam (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Feminism
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1988 summarizes the undergraduate experiences of Martha Gardner, Kasia Welin Grossman, Claire Cavanah, Christine Arbor, …
- Year:
- 2013
- Contributor:
- Gardner, Martha (interviewee)
- Grossman, Kasia Grossman (interviewee)
- Cavanah, Claire (interviewee)
- Arbor, Christine (interviewee)
- Wells, Diana (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Activism
- LGBTQ activism
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1989 summarizes the undergraduate experiences of Karen Jason, Kimberly Weisul, Carolyn Ou, Karen Brown, Marlena …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Jason, Karen (interviewee)
- Weisul, Kimberly (interviewee)
- Ou,Carolyn (interviewee)
- Brown, Karen (interviewee)
- Fejzo, Marlena Schoenberg (interviewee)
- Lugo de Fabritz, Brunilda Amarillis (interviewee)
- Schiff, Karen (interviewee)
- Brown, Angela (interviewee)
- Sanchez, Stephanie (interviewee)
- Ort, Suzy (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part I, Cynthia begins by describing her family background. She talks about the contemporary stigma against a middle class wife with a career\u2014and the …
- Contributor:
- Jenner, Cynthia Lee (interviewer)
- Pichey, Mimi (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Birth control
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Posture pictures
- Professors
- Religion
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview Debbie discusses her early life growing up, the lack of gender discrimination at Brown, acting in New York, raising children, working on …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Greenberg, Deborah (interviewee)
- Santry, Phyllis (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Dating
- Employment
- Family
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Professors
- Providence
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Elaine Barbara Frank '39, the daughter of a Providence-born father and Lithuanian-born mother, describes herself as a "City Girl" and discusses her …
- Year:
- 2005
- Contributor:
- Frank, Elaine Barbara (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- City girls
- Student activities
- Theatre
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1, Elizabeth begins by talking about her high-achieving family. Educated at Harvard Dental School, her father was one of only two black dentists …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Jackson, Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Baker, Dorcey (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Children
- City Girls
- Civil rights
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Integration
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Professors
- Providence
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Social life
- Student activities
- World War II
- 1940s
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1, Gloria begins by describing her relationship to her father, an immigrant cement business owner, her role as a “typical Italian daughter,” and …
- Year:
- 1985
- Contributor:
- Del Papa, Gloria elizabeth (interviewee)
- Fenimore, Carol (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Athletics
- City Girls
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Pembroke College traditions
- Physical Education
- Posture Pictures
- Professors
- Social life
- Student activities
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Grace McAuslan discusses her family life, dress codes, Pembroke student government, the Brown-Pembroke merger, Pembroke traditions, and the lack of discussion surrounding politics, the women's …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- McAuslan, Grace Amelia (interviewee)
- Hackelman, Daniel (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Administration
- City Girls
- Dating
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Minority students
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Presidents of Brown University
- Politics
- Professors
- Providence
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview comes from a career forum for music students held at the Orwig Music Building with Gwyneth Walker (Class of 1968) in Providence, Rhode …
- Year:
- 1997
- Contributor:
- Walker, Gwyneth Van Anden (interviewee)
- Schneider, Karen L. (transcriber)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Athletics
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Sexism
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Isabel Ross Abbot begins with her parents' lives in Nova Scotia before she was born. In Part 1, she also discusses the family's move to …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Abbott, Isabel Ross (interviewee)
- Foster, Nancy E. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Family
- Providence
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Jane Walsh was born in Providence, Rhode Island and lived at home while she attended Pembroke. She discusses being a City Girl, the impact of …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Walsh, Jane Eleanor (interviewee)
- Berma, Julie (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Administration
- City girls
- Clothing and fashion
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Presidents
- Social life
- Student activities
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection