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Items (41-60) out of 114 results
- Description:
- In this interview, Elizabeth Leduc recounts her educational background from undergraduate studies in biology at the University of Vermont, to obtaining her master's degree from …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Leduc, Elizabeth Hortense (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Administration
- Employment
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Professors
- 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:
- Elizabeth Young Winsor begins the interview by discussing her family and the history of careers in education within her family. In Part 1, she talks …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Young, Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Quinn, Betsy V. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Clothing and Fashion
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Dick begins by speaking of her childhood in Reading, PA; coming to Pembroke and struggling early on with Meniere's syndrome; campus rules & requirements; clothing …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Dick, Esther Amelia (interviewee)
- Chase, Dick (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Clothing and fashion
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Helena "Pat" Hogan Shea was born in Ireland and was a student in 1928 when the Women's College became known as Pembroke College. She worked …
- Year:
- 1998
- Contributor:
- Hogan, Helena (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- City Girls
- Employment
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Physical Education
- 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:
- In this interview, Janice Vanderwater discusses her college education at Barnard College and her path to becoming the first female faculty member of the English …
- Year:
- 1983
- Contributor:
- Vanderwater, Janice (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Administration
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Professors
- Theatre
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Laremont begins by explaining the academic initiative and activist spirit that brought her to Brown. There, she fondly remembers a “feeling of …
- Year:
- 1994
- Contributor:
- Pinkney, Javette Damorra (interviewee)
- Byrd, Derria Monique (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Minority students
- Race relations
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Jean Miller tells the story of her life in this interview, which was recorded on three occasions in 2014 and 2015. In Part 1, she …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Miller, Jean Ellen (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Family
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Travel
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Jeanette Black discusses her family; her education at Providence's Classical High School; reasons for attending college and for choosing Pembroke; her requirements …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Black, Jeanette Dora (interviewee)
- Hurowitz, Naomi (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Administration
- Employment
- Great Depression
- 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:
- In this interview, Judith Weiss, undergraduate class of 1944, discusses her decision to attend Pembroke College and describes her roles as assistant editor on the …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Weiss, Judith (interviewee)
- Fenimore, Carol (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Brown Daily Herald
- Employment
- Pembroke Record
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Justine discusses her family's connections to the Brown community and how they affected her decision to attend; the campus-wide reactions and attitudes …
- Year:
- 1998
- Contributor:
- Tyrrell, Justine (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- City girls
- Family
- Employment
- Activism
- Race relations
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In her second interview recorded during the 2018 Black Alumni Reunion, Karen E. McLaurin, class of 1973, briefly recounts highlights of her time at Brown …
- Contributor:
- McLaurin, Karen E. (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1968 walkout
- Activism
- Administration
- Black Students
- Employment
- Students of Color
- 1970s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728082
- bdr728082
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection