- Title Information
- Title
- Marjorie Whitcomb Sallie, class of 1927
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Marjorie Whitcomb Sallie, class of 1927
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Sallie, Marjorie Whitcomb
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Roth, A. JoAnn
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 1986-06-11
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- 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.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1927
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="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.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1920s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Administration
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Gender expectations
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Minority students
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Racial segregation
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Religion
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)