Katherine Virginia Faulkner, class of 1936 Katherine Virginia Faulkner Niles, class of 1936 Faulkner, Katherine Virginia interviewee Gollag, Suzanne interviewer mixed material 1985-01-13 eng Katherine describes her early life in North Carolina; coming from a rural town with little emphasis on education; her initial hardship adjusting to life at Pembroke; her involvement in the Pembroke Christian Association (PCA); the peace movement between the two world wars; fraternities; dorm life; and graduation. She discusses the death of her first husband; the decision to go back to work; and supporting her family. She outlines her career working for universities, museums, and corporations. Katherine describes herself a feminist saying that the "greatest thing about the Women's Movement is that it has opened up options that women have which were not there when (she) was young." 1936 Katherine was born in Hendrickson, North Carolina as the youngest of nine children. Convinced by one of her brothers, she entered Pembroke in the early 1930s. While at Pembroke she dedicated herself to promoting peace through the PCA in between the two World Wars. Following graduation Katherine moved to Brooklyn with her husband and volunteered with the Junior League, New York Infirmary for Women and Children. After her husband's early death Katherine worked at Sarah Lawrence, Pace University, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and finally Pepsi Co. for whom, at the time of the interview, she had been working 16 years. She married a second time and died on February 21, 2002. 1930s Activism Dating Dormitories Feminism Gender Expectations Marriage Sexism Social Life Student Activities oral histories (literary works)