Description
- Abstract:
- Susan Weatherhead grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island, in the same house she lived in at the time of this interview (1988). She commuted to campus from Barrington, sharing a car with her brothers who attended Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. She describes freshman Scut week, physical education requirements, Chapel meetings, Dean Morriss, the reasons why women didn't attend Pembroke for a full four years, the effects of World War II on campus life, and her work life.
- Notes:
- Class year: 1942
- Biographical note: Susan Weatherhead grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island, and had two brothers, two half-brothers, and a foster brother. At Pembroke, she was involved with the Sock and Buskin theater club. After graduation, she worked in an office concerned with war work. Also in her career, Susan was a member of John Chaffee's staff when he was the governor of Rhode Island, and worked in the real estate business. In 1969, Susan came back to Brown to work in the library. At the time of her 1988 interview, Susan was active in the alumnae community while working at the University library. She served as president of her alumnae class, and earned an Alumni Service Award from Brown for her selfless volunteer service.
Citation
"Susan Weatherhead, class of 1942"
(1988).
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:712512/
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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 …...