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- Description:
- In this Zoom interview, which took place a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Alba Malaga, who was completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown’s Institute …
- Contributor:
- Malaga, Alba (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- COVID-19
- Employment
- Family
- Providence
- 2020s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728132
- bdr728132
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- The daughter of Alice O'Connor Chmielewski '28, Ann begins her own interview by relating childhood memories of accompanying her mother to Pembroke College reunions. She …
- Year:
- 2013
- Contributor:
- Chmielewski, Ann Martha (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- City Girls
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Marriage
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Posture Pictures
- Professors
- Providence
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of the interview, Anna discusses early life on her family’s farm and the decision to attend Pembroke despite wanting to get …
- Year:
- 1987
- Contributor:
- Hass, Anna Rena (interviewee)
- Tavon, Joyce (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- City girls
- Civil Rights
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Providence
- Race relations
- Social life
- Vietnam War
- 1910s
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Beatrice "Bea" Wattman was the daughter of a jeweler who immigrated from Moldavia in 1895 at age 18, and a mother who came from Austria …
- Contributor:
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Wattman, Beatrice (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- City Girls
- Employment
- Family
- Great Depression
- Jewish Students
- Open Curriculum
- Physical Education
- Posture Pictures
- Providence
- 1930s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110061
- bdr1110061
- 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:
- 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:
- Carol Rita (Frenier) Dannenberg states that she was the one in her family who had big aspirations. She discusses her decision to attend Pembroke; dating …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Dannenberg, Carol Rita (interviewee)
- Friedland, Susan J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activitism
- Birth Control
- Brown Daily Herald
- Civil Rights
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender Expectations
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Religion
- 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:
- Cecile begins her interview by explaining her Russian heritage and Jewish upbringing, her father's career as a Hebrew teacher and cantor and tracing her roots …
- Year:
- 1990
- Contributor:
- Kantrowitz, Cecile L. (interviewee)
- Friedland, Susan J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Clothing and Fashion
- Dating
- Family
- Race Relations
- Religion
- Sexism
- Social Life
- Student Activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of this interview, Elizabeth (Kenyon) Goodale discusses her Aunt Nettie\u2019s experience as a member of Pembroke's first entering class in 1895. …
- Year:
- 1962
- Contributor:
- Goodale, Clare Elizabeth (interviewee)
- Barbara (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Clothing and Fashion
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender Expectations
- Great Depression
- Marriage
- 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
- Description:
- Geneva, Margaret, Barbara, Jane, Gretchen, Margie, and Jenifer begin their interview by reminiscing about their reasons for choosing Pembroke, citing the coordinate education system as …
- Year:
- 2006
- Contributor:
- Class of 1954 (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Posture pictures
- Sexism
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Barbara, Anne, Jane, Carol, and Raya begin their interview by reminiscing about their reasons for choosing Pembroke. All five women came to Brown from different …
- Year:
- 2008
- Contributor:
- Fontaine, Barbara (interviewee)
- Goff, Maraya Raya McCully (interviewee)
- Hanson, Carol Jadick (interviewee)
- Howard, Jane Loveless (interviewee)
- Lancaster, Jane (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1950s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Religion
- Social life
- 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:
- In Part I, Cynthia begins by describing her family background. She talks about the contemporary stigma against a middle class wife with a career\u2014and the …
- Contributor:
- Jenner, Cynthia Lee (interviewer)
- Pichey, Mimi (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Birth control
- Clothing and fashion
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Posture pictures
- Professors
- Religion
- Social life
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- 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:
- 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:
- In this interview, Donna Zaccaro, Brown University class of 1983, discusses her life on the campaign trail with her mother, Geraldine Ferraro – the first …
- Contributor:
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Zaccaro, Donna (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Family
- Open Curriculum
- Politics
- Sexism
- Trump Administration
- 1980s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728112
- bdr728112
- 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:
- 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:
- Eleanor Addison describes her time as a "day hop" at Pembroke College during the Great Depression. She comments on the makeup of the student body; …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Addison, Eleanor Mary (interviewee)
- Erwin, Charlotte V. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Travel
- Family
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection