Title Information
Title
Class of 1968
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Heinbockel, Virginia R.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Kusnitz, Sally R.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
McLeod, Bernicestine E.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Murphy, Mary
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewer
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Palmer, Helaine Benson
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Remage, Elizabeth S.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Sayle, Carole L.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Sender, Rochelle R.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Trescott, Jean K.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Turck, Nancy B.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal (Local)
Name Part
Vogt, Ancelin M.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Type of Resource
mixed material
Abstract: general (displayLabel="Scope and Contents note")
This interview with members of the Pembroke College class of 1968 documents the undergraduate experiences of Virginia R. Heinbockel, Sally R. Kusnitz, Bernicestine E. McLeod, Helaine Benson Palmer, Elizabeth S. Remage, Carole L. Sayle, Rochelle R. Sender, Jean K. Trescott, Nancy B. Turck, and Ancelin M. Vogt, at their 50th reunion. The interviewees begin by sharing brief personal backgrounds, primarily related to why they chose to attend Pembroke. Then they move on to discuss their experiences living under the parietal rules that Pembroke enforced, including curfews, dress codes, and dormitory life. They also mention that varying degrees to which they experiences gender inequality on campus. To these ends, the interviewees remember Brown’s director of health services, Dr. Roswell Johnson’s willingness to prescribe birth control on campus, as well as their experiences with birth control and abortion off campus. The conversation then turns back to the topic of dormitory life. Interviewees also share some brief recollections of the assassination of Martin Luther King Junior, the Vietnam War, and particularly the draft during that era. The group concludes the interview by mentioning some final thoughts on racial diversity on campus, their appreciation for their degrees, and noting their professional paths. Please note that Bernicestine E. McLeod and Ancelin M. Vogt have contributed additional interviews to Brown Women Speak. Roswell Johnson also contributed an interview regarding the distribution of birth control at Brown University.
Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Biographical note")
The Pembroke College class of 1968, entered campus in 1964, within weeks of the Civil Rights Act becoming law and while the Vietnam War raged overseas. The alumnae enjoyed coed extracurricular activities on the Brown and Pembroke campuses, participated in protests against the war, and actively worked to abolish Pembroke’s parietal rules. They graduated under Brown University President Ray Heffner and Pembroke College Dean Rosemary Pierrel.
Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Class year")
1968
Note: preferredcitation
Class of 1968, Brown University Library
Origin Information
Date Created
2018 May 26
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Access Condition: restrictiononaccess
Collection is open for research.
Subject (Local)
Topic
Abortion
Subject (Local)
Topic
Birth Control
Subject (Local)
Topic
Dormitories
Subject (Local)
Topic
Gender Expectations
Subject (Local)
Topic
Vietnam War
Subject (Local)
Temporal
1960s, Reunions
Identifier: Local (displayLabel="BDR_PID")
bdr:728077
Identifier: Local (displayLabel="MODS_ID")
bdr728077
Note (displayLabel="Digital object made available by")
Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Genre (aat) (authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
oral histories (literary works)