Marjorie Whitcomb Sallie, class of 1927

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Year:: 1986
Contributor:: Sallie, Marjorie Whitcomb (interviewee); Roth, A. JoAnn (interviewer)
Genre:: oral histories (literary works)
Subject:: 1920s; Academics; Administration; Gender expectations; Minority students; Racial segregation; Religion

Abstract:: Marjorie Sallie recounts her experience as a student commuting from Foxboro, Massachusetts. She describes about her rigorous co-ed science courses, her desire to become a doctor, and the guidance of Dean Morriss. In Part 2, she speaks about religion as a driving force in her life and about her love of reading. She describes the volunteer activities she pursued after a long career as a teacher and administrator at public and private schools around the country.
Notes:: Class year: 1927; Biographical note: Marjorie Whitcomb Sallie, a native of Foxboro, Massachusetts, earned her AB in 1927 and became the first woman to be accepted into the Brown University Medical School. The Great Depression prevented her attending, however, and Marjorie entered the teaching field, receiving her MA from Smith College in 1938. She worked as a teacher and headmistress in Massachusetts, South Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Washington, and Michigan. She received many awards for her community service, and after retiring, continued to volunteer in public schools in Detroit.

"Marjorie Whitcomb Sallie, class of 1927" (1986). Pembroke Center Oral History Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:698991/

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 …
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