Eleanor Addison describes her time as a "day hop" at Pembroke College during the Great Depression. She comments on the makeup of the student body; relations between male and female students; dress; athletics; lectures she attended; and other student activities. Her interview also includes her impressions of the Providence community and recollections about Brown’s program in Applied Mathematics, which brought scholars from Germany during World War II.
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Biographical note: Eleanor Mary Addison was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1917. She grew up in Providence and graduated from Classical High School. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Mathematics from Brown University and worked as an Administrative Assistant in Brown’s Math Department for 41 years. She was the longest continuous member of St. Matthew Church in Cranston, and passed away on October 3, 2005.
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 …
