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Items (21-40) out of 42 results
- Description:
- In the first part of her interview, Galia Siegel speaks about her work with Project Birth -- an advocacy, service, and educational program for pregnant …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Siegel, Galia (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Activism
- Birth control
- Dormitories
- Family
- Feminism
- Fraternities
- Providence
- Sarah Doyle Women's Center
- Social life
- 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:
- Helen Thayer Paxton grew up in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. She remembers Pembroke as a place of "gracious living," including maids to clean the dorm …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- Thayer, Helen Julia (interviewee)
- Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Athletics
- Children
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Fraternities
- Pembroke traditions
- Providence
- Social life
- 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:
- 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
- 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:
- Joyce Wetherald Fairchild's interview demystifies the work and operations of the Brown Corporation, where she served as a trustee, committee member, and as an emerita. …
- Year:
- 1992
- Contributor:
- Wetherald, Joyce (interviewee)
- Ferber, Susan J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Administration
- Athletics
- Birth control
- Brown Daily Herald
- City Girls
- Deans
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Pembroke Record
- Pembroke traditions
- Presidents
- Physical education
- Politics
- Professors
- Sexism
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Judith begins the interview by talking about her early life and family. She then talks about her time at Pembroke and the kinds of courses …
- Contributor:
- Charles, Judith Korey (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Pembroke Record
- Professors
- Sexism
- Social life
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In part 1, Karen begins by discussing her decision to attend Brown, and her determination to succeed. Karen talks about a summer program she attended …
- Year:
- 1994
- Contributor:
- McLaurin, Karen Eulah (interviewee)
- Byrd, Derria Monique (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Civil rights
- Employment
- Minority students
- Professors
- Race relations
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In part 1 of her interview, Lucile Wawzonek Thompson discusses changing attitudes towards formal gender divisions on campus during the Pembroke/Brown merger. She begins by …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Wawzonek, Lucile Kay (interviewee)
- Krawiec, Rebecca (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- 1968 Walkout
- Academics
- Activism
- Athletics
- Birth control
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Physical education
- Posture pictures
- Professors
- Providence
- Social life
- Sexism
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Margaret Mary Porter Dolan begins her 1988 interview discussing her family background and her motivation for both going to college and choosing Brown. She reflects …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Porter, Margaret Mary (interviewee)
- Hyun, Julia J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Administration
- Dating
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Physical education
- Professors
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Appleton begins the interview recalling the defining decision made by Pembroke Dean Lida Shaw King to abolish all sororities on campus. She then describes the …
- Year:
- 1981
- Contributor:
- Appleton, Marguerite (interviewee)
- Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1910s
- Athletics
- Deans
- Employment
- Family
- Fraternities
- Pembroke traditions
- Physical education
- Social life
- Sororities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of her interview, Martha Dickie Sharp Cogan discusses her family background, her life at Brown, and her social work during her …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Dickie, Martha Alice Ingham (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Activism
- Athletics
- City girls
- Dating
- Deans
- Employment
- Politics
- Marriage
- Religion
- Social life
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Miriam Dale Pichey's interview is an energetic insight into the politics of student life at Brown in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She describes …
- Year:
- 2015
- Contributor:
- Pichey, Miriam Dale (interviewee)
- Bochiccio, Sarah (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- 1968 walkout
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Athletics
- Birth control
- Civil rights
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Physical education
- Politics
- Posture pictures
- Sexism
- Social life
- Vietnam War
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Rogeriee starts by detailing her two high school experiences, how they led her to Brown, and how they gave her Ivy League expectations. She then …
- Year:
- 1994
- Contributor:
- Thompson, Ojetta Rogeriee (interviewee)
- Byrd, Derria Monique (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Civil rights
- Dating
- Deans
- Employment
- Integration
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Professors
- Providence
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Social life
- Vietnam War
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Peggy "PJ" McKearney Hamel remembers choosing to apply to Pembroke because they were the first college in the country to have a women's ice hockey …
- Year:
- 2016
- Contributor:
- McKearney, Peggy (interviewee)
- Pape, Whitney (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Athletics
- Brown Daily Herald
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Race relations
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, conducted over fifty years after her graduation, Ruth Sittler, class of 1933, begins by describing her childhood in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and the …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Sittler, Ruth Estella (interviewee)
- Tavon, Joyce S. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Great Depression
- 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:
- Stavroula begins the interview describing her childhood in Portland, which consisted of “home, school, and church.” She tells of her father’s strong belief in the …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Balemenos, Stavroula (Starr) J. (interviewee)
- Tavon, Joyce S. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Administration
- Children
- Dating
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Religion
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In his 1988 interview with his daughter, Rebecca Krawiec, Steven Krawiec contributes fascinating insights regarding both the social and academic relationships between Brown men and …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Krawiec, Steven Stack (interviewee)
- Krawiec, Rebecca (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Birth control
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Fraternities
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Sexism
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection