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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:
- Beverly begins the interview telling of her both her parents’ self-made careers—her father’s opening of an iron foundry and her mother’s self-education. A first-generation college …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Calderwood, Beverly Anne (interviewee)
- Cunkelman, Brian (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Athletics
- Children
- City girls
- Clothing and fashion
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke 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:
- Beverly Nanes Dubrin grew up in Boston with her parents and younger sister. With constant encouragement from her parents to attend university, Beverly decided on …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Nanes, Beverly I. (interviewee)
- Bernstein, Elizabeth (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Children
- Dating
- Deans
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Professors
- Providence
- Sexism
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Carol Markovitz Raskin graduated from Pembroke in 1962 with a degree in International Relations. She then moved to Canada to work as in international economist …
- Contributor:
- Markovitz, Carol Ann (interviewee)
- Raskin, Eve (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Children
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Deans
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke record
- Pembroke/Brown merger
- Physical education
- Posture pictures
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- "Every girl should go to college." Flanders recalls telling her parents as a sophomore in high school. Flanders reflects on her arrival at Pembroke, taking …
- Year:
- 1989
- Contributor:
- Flanders, Caroline (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- City Girls
- Deans
- Employment
- Family
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Professors
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Ferguson tells why she chose Pembroke over Wellesley; how following a woman she admired, she wanted to become Boston insurance agent; that she "never felt …
- Contributor:
- Ferguson, Charlotte (interviewee)
- Gollag, Suzanne (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Brown Daily Herald
- City Girls
- Deans
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Presidents
- World War I
- Religion
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Charlotte Lowney Tomas, looking back on a 40-year career with Pembroke and Brown, details her upward trajectory through the ranks of the …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- Tomas, Charlotte Tomas (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- 1968 Walkout
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Civil rights
- Deans
- Employment
- Pembroke/Brown merger
- Professors
- Providence
- Sexism
- Vietnam War
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- On the occasion of her 50th reunion, Katharine Pierce looks back on the highlights of her time at Pembroke. She begins by explaining her expectations …
- Year:
- 2012
- Contributor:
- Pierce, Katharine (interviewee)
- Bailey, Bernicetine McLeod (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Gender expectations
- Minority students
- Pembroke Record
- Presidents of Brown University
- Race relations
- Religion
- Vietnam War
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In Part 1, Katherine begins by discussing daily life at Pembroke. For her, this meant commuting to campus and becoming used to the regimented life …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Hazard, Katherine May (interviewee)
- Aschheim, Deborah (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Athletics
- Children
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Deans
- Employment
- Family
- Feminism
- Minority students
- Pembroke traditions
- Chapel
- Dances
- Pembroke/Brown merger
- Professors
- Sororities
- 1930s
- 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:
- 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:
- In Part 1, Ruth speaks about being the youngest of six children, her close relationship with her oldest brother, gathering garnets at Diamond Hill with …
- Contributor:
- Cooke, Ruth Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- 1910s
- Athletics
- Administration
- Dating
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Family
- Pembroke Traditions
- Physical Education
- Professors
- Providence
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection