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   <mods:titleInfo>
      <mods:title>Elizabeth Pretzer, class of 1944</mods:title>
   </mods:titleInfo>
   <mods:titleInfo type="alternative" displayLabel="Pembroke title">
      <mods:title>Elizabeth Pretzer Rall, class of 1944</mods:title>
   </mods:titleInfo>
   <mods:name type="personal">
      <mods:namePart>Pretzer, Elizabeth</mods:namePart>
      <mods:role>
         <mods:roleTerm type="text" authority="marcrelator">interviewee</mods:roleTerm>
      </mods:role>
   </mods:name>
   <mods:name type="personal">
      <mods:namePart>Schechter, Claudia</mods:namePart>
      <mods:role>
         <mods:roleTerm type="text" authority="marcrelator">interviewer</mods:roleTerm>
      </mods:role>
   </mods:name>
   <mods:typeOfResource>mixed material</mods:typeOfResource>
   <mods:originInfo>
      <mods:dateCreated keyDate="yes" encoding="w3cdtf">2013-08-07</mods:dateCreated>
   </mods:originInfo>
   <mods:language>
      <mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</mods:languageTerm>
   </mods:language>
   <mods:abstract>At the start of this interview, Elizabeth Pretzer Rall describes what it was like
      to attend Pembroke College while living at home with her family in Providence. She explains
      her decision to major in Geology and remembers some of the geology field trips she took as an
      undergraduate. Later, she discusses earning her Ph.D., balancing her work life with the
      demands of three children, and moving to Texas to research the Midland Texas Basin. Towards
      the end of her interview, she transitions back to discussing Pembroke and contrasts her
      wartime college experience with Brown today. She concludes by stressing the importance of
      following one's passion, as well as the influence of having academic parents.</mods:abstract>
   <mods:note type="biographical/historical" displayLabel="Class year">1944</mods:note>
   <mods:note type="biographical/historical" displayLabel="Biographical note">Elizabeth Pretzer was
      born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 10, 1922. Her family was highly educated, with both her
      mother and father possessing graduate degrees. Elizabeth's family moved to Providence, where
      she attended Hope High School, and later, Pembroke College. She majored in Geology and minored
      in Social Work, graduating a year early due to Brown's accelerated wartime curriculum.
      Elizabeth earned her Master's in Geology from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from
      University of Illinois.</mods:note>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>1940s</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>Academics</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>City Girls</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>Employment</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>Family</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>Marriage</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>Social Life</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>
   <mods:subject authority="local">
      <mods:topic>World War II</mods:topic>
   </mods:subject>

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