Description
- Abstract:
- Nan Bailey begins by discussing her childhood and the benefits of living overseas during her childhood, her experience applying to Brown University and her expectations. The interview spends a large amount of time discussing the various (and bountiful) activist groups Bailey participated in, and more broadly, the social turmoil during the seventies (Vietnam War, birth control, etc). Towards the end, she tells of her experiences after graduation, and how she was able to take her enthusiasm for the groups she was involved in on campus and carry them out into her career. She ends the interview by discussing her thoughts on same-sex education and the benefits of attending Brown as a coeducational institution.
- Notes:
- Class year: 1974
- Biographical note: Nan Bailey ('74) was born into a military family, moving around extensively throughout her childhood to countries such as France and Japan. Once settled at St Timothy's boarding school in Maryland, she applied to Brown University, encouraged by her mentor Jean Miller (Pembroke, class of 1949) who was at the time the headmistress of St Timothy's. Once at Brown, Bailey became enveloped in the social activism on and off campus, joining several groups such as the Women's Liberation organisation, the Afro-American Student Society, the Student Caucus, and the Young Socialist Alliance, eventually turning these political groups into her degree as an independent study. After graduating, Bailey worked in several companies around the United States, such as a meatpacking industry and an airplane part manufacturer. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California
Citation
"Nan Bailey, class of 1974"
(2015).
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:599982/
Relations
Has Parts:
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Nan Bailey, class of 1974 Part 1
- Type: Audio
- Order: 1
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Nan Bailey, class of 1974 Part 1
- Type: Stream
- Order: 1
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Nan Bailey, class of 1974
- Type: Pdf
- Order: 2
Collection:
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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 …...