Description
- Abstract:
- Susan Geary begins her interview by discussing her early education in Scituate, Rhode Island and her matriculation to Pembroke, where she was a commuting student. She goes on to discuss in detail the varying elements of her time at Brown, specifically focusing on her academic performance and experiences, dorm life, social life, and social codes. She then outlines her career path, which included earning a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown and working in University Development.
- Notes:
- Class year: 1967
- Biographical note: Susan Geary grew up in Scituate, Rhode Island. She graduated in 1967 after studying American Literature at Brown. Academically focused, Geary made Pembroke's Dean List numerous times and proceeded to receive her AM (1974) and PhD (1976) in American Civilization from Brown. Her dissertation was entitled "Scribbling Women: Essays on Literary History and Popular Literature in the 1850's." Geary worked in University Development and served as Associate Director for the Brown Fund
Citation
"Susan Elizabeth Geary, class of 1967"
(1988).
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:583326/
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Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …...