- Title Information
- Title
- Susan Elizabeth Geary, class of 1967
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Susan Elizabeth Geary, class of 1967
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Geary, Susan Elizabeth
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Colasanti, Lisa A.
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 1988-03-21
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- 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.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1967
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="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
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1960s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Administration
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Birth Control
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dormitories
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Gender Expectations
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Posture Pictures
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)