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- 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:
- In her second interview, Carol Canner, Brown University class of 1959, describes the difficulty of mourning the death of her husband, Atle Gjelsvik, during the …
- Contributor:
- Canner, Carol (interviewee)
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- COVID-19
- Jewish Students
- Marriage
- 1950s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110035
- bdr1110035
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- This interview with members of the Brown University class of 1994 documents the undergraduate experiences of Jessica Rachel Arons, Daphna Caperonis Cox, Gladys Mendez, Ava …
- Contributor:
- Arons, Jessica Rachel (interviewee)
- Cox, Daphna Caperonis (interviewee)
- Mendez, Gladys (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Nepaul, Ava Natasha (interviewee)
- Xiques, Gladys (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Black Students
- Feminism
- Jewish Students
- Latinx Students
- Open Curriculum
- Students of Color
- Women’s Movement
- 1990s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728102
- bdr728102
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Astronaut Jessica Meir, Brown University class of 1999, discusses her experiences as an undergraduate student at Brown, the steps she took to …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Meir, Jessica (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Jewish Students
- Open Curriculum
- Travel
- Women in Science
- 1990s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110034
- bdr1110034
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Joan Katz Betesh, Brown University class of 1973, reflects on her time on campus, her pathway to law school, and the development …
- Contributor:
- Betesh, Joan Katz (interviewee)
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Jewish Students
- Marriage
- Open Curriculum
- Sex Discrimination
- 1970s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110060
- bdr1110060
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer-prize winning playwright and Brown University class of 1986, and her daughter, Ruby Aiyo Gerber, Brown University class of 2020, …
- Contributor:
- Gerber, Ruby Aiyo (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Nottage, Lynn (interviewee)
- Teklu, Feven (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Activism
- Black Students
- COVID-19
- Fraternities
- Jewish Students
- Mental Health
- Politics
- Protests
- Protests – 2020 fight against racial injustice
- Racism
- Sororities
- Students of Color
- Theatre
- 1980s, 2020s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728151
- bdr728151
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Phyllis Feynman Schlesinger, Brown University class of 1973, reflects on her childhood as the daughter of Canadian parents growing up in segregated …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Schlesinger, Phyllis (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Abortion
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Dormitories
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Jewish Students
- Open Curriculum
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Politics
- Posture Pictures
- Protests
- Sexism
- Vietnam War
- Women’s Movement
- 1970s
- Local ID:
- bdr:838163
- Language:
- eng
- Collection:
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- The University and Beyond
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Rita R. Schorr begins this interview by recounting her childhood in Poland, the outbreak of World War II, and her and her family’s placement in …
- Contributor:
- Schechter, Claudia (interviewer)
- Schorr, Rita R (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Family
- Jewish Students
- Politics
- Professors
- Religion
- World War II
- 1950s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110062
- bdr1110062
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Shira Buchsbaum, Brown University class of 2019, describes her experiences as a graduate student and future librarian during the COVID-19 global pandemic. …
- Contributor:
- Buchsbaum, Shira (interviewee)
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Brown Daily Herald
- COVID-19
- Jewish Students
- Sexual Harassment
- Travel
- 2010s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728142
- bdr728142
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Susan Beth Adler, Pembroke College class of 1958, recalls her decades of professional and volunteer service to Rhode Island and Brown University. …
- Contributor:
- Adler, Susan Beth (interviewee)
- Bailey, Bernicestine McLeod (interviewer)
- Howard, Jean (interviewer)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Administration
- Feminism
- Jewish Students
- Theatre
- 1950s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728097
- bdr728097
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Susan Friedman, Brown University class of 1970, describes her role as a leader in the creation of the open curriculum and details …
- Contributor:
- Friedman, Susan (interviewee)
- Pichey, Mimi (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Employment
- Jewish Students
- Open Curriculum
- Vietnam War
- 1970s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110040
- bdr1110040
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection