- Title Information
- Title
- Joan Caryll Hoost, class of 1960
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Joan Caryll Hoost McMaster, class of 1960
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Hoost, Joan Caryll
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Korwin, Wendy
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 2015-05-13
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Abstract
- In this interview recorded the week of her 55th reunion, Joan McMaster describes
her experiences at Pembroke College and her work as an advocate for women's causes. She shares
stories about Freshman Week and her participation in the PDQs (Pembroke Double Quartet);
teaching fourth grade in Greensboro, North Carolina after graduation; the Brown Alumnae Club
of Kent County, RI; and several different efforts share memories of Pembroke College with
younger students. Part 2 is a brief coda to the interview, in which Joan describes the
Pembroke tribute garden, a project established by Pat Hogan Shea '30.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1960
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Biographical note")
- Joan Hoost McMaster
was born in New York in 1939 and attended Sayville High School before entering Pembroke
College in 1956. She graduated with a degree in American Civilization and spent several years
as a teacher in New York and North Carolina before returning to live in Rhode Island, where
Joan and her husband raised their three children and where she continues to reside. She has
held leadership positions in the Junior League of Rhode Island, the Brown Alumnae Club of Kent
County, and the Rhode Island chapter of the AAUW, among others.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1960s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dormitories
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Racial Segregation
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Social Life
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Student Activities
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)