- Title Information
- Title
- Gloria Elizabeth Del Papa, class of 1946
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Gloria Elizabeth Del Papa, class of 1946
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Del Papa, Gloria elizabeth
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Fenimore, Carol
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 1985-12-02
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Abstract
- In Part 1, Gloria begins by describing her relationship to her father, an
immigrant cement business owner, her role as a “typical Italian daughter,” and how her
father insisted she go to Pembroke. When discussing her life at Pembroke, she speaks about
her academic record, the discovery of her passion for English, after an initial focus on
biology, her dedication to her studies and the many student activities in which she was
involved. The people who influenced her include Dean Morriss and Dean Lewis, English
Professors Kapstein and Hunt, and Miss Rudd, the gym teacher. In Part 2, Gloria shares her
experience attending school during wartime and how it was not a “normal” or desirable
experience. She discusses a Japanese student whose parents were in an internment camp, the
pressure “V-12” boys had to pass in order to not be sent to war. While the boys were away at
war, girls started to have all their classes on the Brown campus and were able to go to the
Blue Room without a date. She mentions the Honor Code and cheating and elaborates on what it
meant to be a woman in the 1940s, “Posture Pictures,” married women students, and social
pressure regarding a woman’s appearance. She discusses going to the Pembroke Library and the
influence of the librarian, as well as taking Biology class with Walter
Wilson.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1946
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Biographical note")
- Gloria Elizabeth
DelPapa was born June 3, 1925, in Pawtucket, RI. Graduating as Valedictorian of her high
school class, DelPapa studied English at Pembroke College where she would finish as a member
of Phi Beta Kappa. Soon after, she received her Masters degree in Education before pursuing
a career as a teacher. She taught in the Pawtucket school system for 38 years saying she
loved teaching and thought it was what she was destined to do. She was a member of the
Pembroke College Club of Providence and spent time volunteering at Amos House, Pawtucket
Elementary School, and St. Teresa's Church. She passed away on December 11,
2013.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1940s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Athletics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- City Girls
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dating
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dormitories
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Family
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Gender expectations
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Marriage
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Minority students
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Pembroke College traditions
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Physical Education
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Posture Pictures
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Professors
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Social life
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Student activities
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- World War II
- Genre (aat)
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- oral histories (literary works)