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Alice Elizabeth O'Connor, class of 1928

Description:
Alice Chmielewski begins by discussing her life growing up in East Providence and assuming guardianship of her brothers and sisters after the early deaths of …
Year:
1982
Contributor:
O'Connor, Alice Elizabeth (interviewee)
Linn, Karen E. (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Administration
Athletics
Children
City Girls
Employment
Professors
Social Life
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Anonymous, class of 1920

Description:
The narrator of this interview describes the Brown University campus; student activities; relations between male and female students and the women's and men's colleges; and …
Year:
1982
Contributor:
Lockery, Christopher W. (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Administration
Pembroke College Traditions
Social Life
Student Activities
Theatre
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Caroline Flanders, class of 1929

Description:
"Every girl should go to college." Flanders recalls telling her parents as a sophomore in high school. Flanders reflects on her arrival at Pembroke, taking …
Year:
1989
Contributor:
Flanders, Caroline (interviewee)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
City Girls
Deans
Employment
Family
Great Depression
Pembroke-Brown Merger
Professors
Social Life
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Charlotte Ferguson, class of 1924

Description:
Ferguson tells why she chose Pembroke over Wellesley; how following a woman she admired, she wanted to become Boston insurance agent; that she "never felt …
Contributor:
Ferguson, Charlotte (interviewee)
Gollag, Suzanne (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Brown Daily Herald
City Girls
Deans
Feminism
Gender Expectations
Great Depression
Pembroke-Brown Merger
Presidents
World War I
Religion
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Doris Madeline Hopkins, class of 1928

Description:
Doris begins Part 1 by discussing her early education and family life in Rhode Island. Doris talks about the expectations for "nice girls" at Brown …
Year:
1982
Contributor:
Hopkins, Doris Madeline (interviewee)
Fadiman, Ramsey M. (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Athletics
City Girls
Clothing and Fashion
Gender Expectations
Marriage
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Eleanor Frances Sarle, class of 1938

Description:
In this interview, conducted sixty years after her graduation, Eleanor Frances Briggs, class of 1928, explains that there was never any question that she would …
Year:
1988
Contributor:
Sarle, Eleanor Frances (interviewee)
Hyun, Julia J. (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
City girls
Feminism
Gender expectations
Pembroke College traditions
Pembroke-Brown merger
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Elizabeth Young Jeffers, class of 1924

Description:
Elizabeth Young Winsor begins the interview by discussing her family and the history of careers in education within her family. In Part 1, she talks …
Year:
1986
Contributor:
Young, Elizabeth (interviewee)
Quinn, Betsy V. (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Clothing and Fashion
Dormitories
Employment
Family
Social Life
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Ethel Mary Humphrey, class of 1928

Description:
In Part 1 of her interview, Ethel Humphrey Anderson discusses the circumstances that led her to attend Brown University; academics and student relationships with the …
Year:
1982
Contributor:
Humphrey, Ethel Mary (interviewee)
Patchin, Oona (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Administration
Great Depression
Marriage
Student Activities
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Grace Amelia McAuslan, class of 1978

Description:
Grace McAuslan discusses her family life, dress codes, Pembroke student government, the Brown-Pembroke merger, Pembroke traditions, and the lack of discussion surrounding politics, the women's …
Year:
1982
Contributor:
McAuslan, Grace Amelia (interviewee)
Hackelman, Daniel (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Administration
City Girls
Dating
Deans
Dormitories
Employment
Gender expectations
Great Depression
Minority students
Pembroke traditions
Pembroke-Brown merger
Presidents of Brown University
Politics
Professors
Providence
Social life
Student activities
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Helen Elizabeth Butts, class of 1928

Description:
In Part 1 of this interview, Helen Elizabeth Butts Correll discusses her memories and feelings towards mandatory chapel services at Pembroke, the seperation of male …
Year:
1992
Contributor:
Butts, Helen Elizabeth (interviewee)
Renda, Mary (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Administration
Dating
Gender Expectations
Sexism
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Helen Hoff, class of 1923

Description:
Helen Hoff Peterson begins her interview by discussing her childhood education in New Jersey and her family background. She explains that a high school superintendent …
Year:
1987
Contributor:
Hoff, Helen (interviewee)
Baker, Dorcy (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Family
Great Depression
Professors
Student Activities
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Helen Julia Thayer, class of 1922

Description:
Helen Thayer Paxton grew up in North Smithfield, Rhode Island. She remembers Pembroke as a place of "gracious living," including maids to clean the dorm …
Year:
1990
Contributor:
Thayer, Helen Julia (interviewee)
Raab, Barbara (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Athletics
Children
Clothing and fashion
Dating
Dormitories
Fraternities
Pembroke traditions
Providence
Social life
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Isabel Ross Abbott, class of 1922

Description:
Isabel Ross Abbot begins with her parents' lives in Nova Scotia before she was born. In Part 1, she also discusses the family's move to …
Year:
1987
Contributor:
Abbott, Isabel Ross (interviewee)
Foster, Nancy E. (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Family
Providence
Student activities
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Margaret Waterman, class of 1927

Description:
In this interview, Margaret (Waterman) Devoe, class of 1927, discusses her decision to attend Pembroke College--known then as the Women's College in Brown University--for one …
Year:
1988
Contributor:
Waterman, Margaret (interviewee)
Corrington, Tracy Merrill (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Athletics
Great Depression
Politics
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Margery Chittenden Leonard, class of 1929

Description:
Margery Chittenden Leonard’s 1982 interview reflects her tireless passion for the Equal Rights Amendment. While she discusses her classes at Brown and her dormitories, the …
Year:
1982
Contributor:
Leonard, Margery Chittenden (interviewee)
Corman, Julie (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Activism
Civil rights
Dormitories
Employment
Feminism
Gender expectations
Great Depression
Pembroke-Brown merger
Politics
Sexism
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Marjorie Whitcomb Sallie, class of 1927

Description:
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 …
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
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Martha Alice Ingham Dickie, class of 1926 [1985 interview]

Description:
Martha Dickie Sharp Cogan begins her interview discussing both her religious and academic backgrounds, elaborating on her interests in social work and international politics. These …
Year:
1985
Contributor:
Dickie, Martha Alice Ingham (interviewee)
Goldberg, Suzanne (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Activism
Politics
Religion
World War II
Collection:
Brown University Library
Martha and Waitstill Sharp collection
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Martha Alice Ingham Dickie, class of 1926 [1987 interview]

Description:
In the first part of her interview, Martha Dickie Sharp Cogan discusses her family background, her life at Brown, and her social work during her …
Year:
1987
Contributor:
Dickie, Martha Alice Ingham (interviewee)
Anton, Barbara (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Activism
Athletics
City girls
Dating
Deans
Employment
Politics
Marriage
Religion
Social life
World War II
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Mary Carpenter Emerson, class of 1927

Description:
Emerson tells of her family's tradition of attending Brown University, which included her mother, her maternal uncles and her maternal grandfather. Like her mother, Emerson …
Year:
1988
Contributor:
Emerson, Mary Carpenter (interviewee)
Wilbur, Ashley (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Academics
Dating
Employment
Family
Fraternities
Marriage
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

Rose Roberta Traurig, class of 1928

Description:
Rose Traurig starts her interview by stating that she has a long story to tell. She describes her family, from Waterbury, Connecticut, and the high …
Year:
1986
Contributor:
Traurig, Rose Roberta (interviewee)
Gillmar, Dian (interviewer)
Genre:
oral histories (literary works)
Subject:
1920s
Dormitories
Employment
Fraternities
Great Depression
Physical Education
Professors
Social Life
Collection:
Brown University Library
Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
Full Record

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