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- Description:
- In this interview recorded during the 2018 Black Alumni Reunion, Afua Hassan and Wanda Moore discuss their time at Brown University, the effect their education …
- Contributor:
- Hassan, Afua (interviewee)
- Moore, Wanda (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Black Students
- Children
- Group Interview
- Midwifery
- Racism
- Students of Color
- 1980s, Reunions
- Local ID:
- bdr:728091
- bdr728091
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Alice Chmielewski begins by discussing her life growing up in East Providence and assuming guardianship of her brothers and sisters after the early deaths of …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- O'Connor, Alice Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Linn, Karen E. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1920s
- Academics
- Administration
- Athletics
- Children
- City Girls
- Employment
- Professors
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Becky Scheusner, Brown University class of 2018, MPH 2026, and Office of Military Affiliated Students Program Coordinator, discusses her 11-year career in …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Scheusner, Becky (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Children
- Gender Expectations
- Music
- Music Education
- Resumed Undergraduate Education
- September 11, 2001
- Staff/Faculty
- Women in the Military
- 2010s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110073
- Language:
- eng
- 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:
- This interview with members of the Pembroke College class of 1967 documents the undergraduate experiences of Carol Lemlein, Susan Haas, Brenda Hubbard, Karen Wolk, Sharon …
- Year:
- 2017
- Contributor:
- Lemlein, Carol M. (interviewee)
- Hass, Susan (interviewee)
- Hubbard, Brenda S. (interviewee)
- Wolk, Karen B. (interviewee)
- Drager, Sharon B. (interviewee)
- Minno, Judith A. (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Abortion
- Birth control
- Children
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Professors
- Vietnam War
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Connie begins by talking about her family's involvement in Brown University, and her eventual decision to transfer to Brown. She then discusses her challenging time …
- Year:
- 2015
- Contributor:
- Worthington, Constance (interviewer)
- Blanchard, Christy Law (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Birth control
- Children
- Civil rights
- Dating
- Employment
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender expectations
- Integration
- Marriage
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Politics
- Professors
- Race relations
- Religion
- Sexism
- 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:
- In this oral history captured over the course of four interviews, Diane Straker, the Pembroke Center’s administrative assistant, details her experiences living in various states …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Straker, Diane (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Black faculty/staff
- Children
- Employment
- Family
- Music
- Providence
- Urban renewal
- 2000s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728108
- bdr728108
- 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 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 this interview, Feven Teklu, Senior Leadership Giving Officer in the Office of Advancement at Brown University, discusses her experiences as a woman of color …
- Contributor:
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Teklu, Feven (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Activism
- Black Faculty / Staff
- COVID-19
- Children
- Protests
- Protests – 2020 fight against racial injustice
- Staff and Faculty of Color
- 2020s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728150
- bdr728150
- 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:
- 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 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:
- This interview concentrates on Lillian's family life and her experiences as a commuter student. She explains that her parents expected her to live at home …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Berberian, Lillian Shoushan (interviewee)
- Gates, Michael (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Children
- City Girls
- Employment
- Family
- Gender Expectations
- Marriage
- Minority Students
- Physical Education
- Race Relations
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection