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Items (21-40) out of 63 results
- 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:
- Diane E. Scola's oral history is an example of autonomy and feminist conviction despite gender discrimination. She begins her interview discussing her Italian-American family background, …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Scola, Diane E. (interviewee)
- Cummings, Lisa (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Administration
- Children
- City girls
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Famly
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Professors
- Providence
- Sexism
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Doris begins Part 1 by discussing her early education and family life in Rhode Island. Doris talks about the expectations for "nice girls" at Brown …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Hopkins, Doris Madeline (interviewee)
- Fadiman, Ramsey M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Athletics
- City Girls
- Clothing and Fashion
- Gender Expectations
- Marriage
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Dorothy (Testa) Haus begins this extensive interview by talking about her life before Pembroke, growing up as a "Pollyanna" in Brattleboro, VT. Haus discusses many …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Haus, Dorothy Ann (interviewee)
- Wade, Kimberly Sue (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics and Coursework
- Administration
- Athletics
- Birth Control
- Clothing and Fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Fraternities
- Marriage
- Pembroke Record
- Pembroke Traditions
- Physical Education
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Interview with Dorothy Kay Fishbein, class of 1945, conducted on May 9, 1988 by Leigh Hercher, class of 1991, at Kays home in Pawtucket, Rhode …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Kay Fishbein, Dorothy Myrtle, 1921- (interviewee)
- Herchner, Leigh E. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Children
- Marriage
- World War, 1939-1945
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Interview with Dorothy Kay Fishbein, class of 1945, conducted on May 9, 1988 by Leigh Hercher, class of 1991, at Kays home in Pawtucket, Rhode …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Kay Fishbein, Dorothy Myrtle, 1921- (interviewee)
- Herchner, Leigh E. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Children
- Marriage
- World War, 1939-1945
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1, Edna discusses her family background; preparing for Pembroke at Classical High School; entering Pembroke as a freshman surrounded by mature veterans who …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Graham, Edna Frances (interviewee)
- Seiple, Amy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Athletics
- Children
- City Girls
- Dating
- Employment
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke Traditions
- Physical Education
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In a joint interview, Edna MacDonald and Ruth Peterson, speak on the academic atmosphere at Brown and the heavy constraints placed on women's conduct and …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- MacDonald, Edna Ruth (interviewee)
- Peterson, Ruth Dorothea (interviewee)
- Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1910s
- Academics
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Professors
- Sexism
- 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:
- At the start of this interview, Elizabeth Pretzer Rall describes what it was like to attend Pembroke College while living at home with her family …
- Year:
- 2013
- Contributor:
- Pretzer, Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Schechter, Claudia (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- City Girls
- Employment
- Family
- Marriage
- Social Life
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Ethel Nichols Thomas begins her interview discussing her plans for the future, speaking on her wish to return to the workforce despite discrimination based on …
- Year:
- 1985
- Contributor:
- Nichols, Ethel Colvin (interviewee)
- Scott, Joan Wallach (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Administration
- City Girls
- Employment
- Family
- Feminism
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1 of her interview, Ethel Humphrey Anderson discusses the circumstances that led her to attend Brown University; academics and student relationships with the …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Humphrey, Ethel Mary (interviewee)
- Patchin, Oona (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Administration
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- Student Activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Gladys Paine Johnson begins her interview by describing her family and how she came to Brown in 1909, the first member to attend college. She …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Paine, Gladys (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1910s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Marriage
- Professors
- Social Life
- Travel
- 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:
- Hilary Ross Salk's oral history is a story of feminism and community. She begins her 1988 interview discussing her search for community at Pembroke, and …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Ross, Hilary Berger (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Children
- City girls
- Dormitories
- Feminism
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Providence
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Ingrid Winther Scobie's interview expresses the nuanced frustration women experience as a result of gender expectations that limit them and suppress their full potential. She …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Winther, Ingrid Ellen (interviewee)
- Bruce, Ashley (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Children
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Physical education
- Professors
- Sexism
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Jean McKaye Tanner '45, discusses life on campus during World War II. Edwards was engaged to be married while at Pembroke and …
- Year:
- 2005
- Contributor:
- Tanner, Jean McKaye (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- City girls
- Dating
- Marriage
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Joan Katz Betesh, Brown University class of 1973, reflects on her time on campus, her pathway to law school, and the development …
- Contributor:
- Betesh, Joan Katz (interviewee)
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Jewish Students
- Marriage
- Open Curriculum
- Sex Discrimination
- 1970s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110060
- bdr1110060
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Joyce begins her interview by discussing the experiences and people that led her to apply and attend Pembroke, such as going to boarding school, having …
- Year:
- 1995
- Contributor:
- Richardson, Joyce Loretta (interviewee)
- Byrd, Derria Monique (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Athletics
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Fraternities
- Gender expectations
- Integration
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Student activities
- Physical education
- Professors
- Providence
- Race relations
- Religion
- Segregation
- Sexism
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Katherine describes her early life in North Carolina; coming from a rural town with little emphasis on education; her initial hardship adjusting to life at …
- Year:
- 1985
- Contributor:
- Faulkner, Katherine Virginia (interviewee)
- Gollag, Suzanne (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Activism
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Marriage
- Sexism
- Social Life
- Student Activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection