Connie begins by talking about her family's involvement in Brown University, and her eventual decision to transfer to Brown. She then discusses her challenging time …
This article examines Portuguese-Jewish women’s engagement with the Dutch colonial authorities in eighteenth-century Suriname. It offers a historical context for Suriname’s Sephardic community and its …
In this interview, Cynthia Burdick Patterson describes her upbringing; her freshman year at Bryn Mawr College; her marriage and transferring to Pembroke; married life in …
In Part I, Cynthia begins by describing her family background. She talks about the contemporary stigma against a middle class wife with a career\u2014and the …
In this interview Debbie discusses her early life growing up, the lack of gender discrimination at Brown, acting in New York, raising children, working on …
Diane E. Scola's oral history is an example of autonomy and feminist conviction despite gender discrimination. She begins her interview discussing her Italian-American family background, …
Dorothy (Testa) Haus begins this extensive interview by talking about her life before Pembroke, growing up as a "Pollyanna" in Brattleboro, VT. Haus discusses many …
In Part 1, Edna discusses her family background; preparing for Pembroke at Classical High School; entering Pembroke as a freshman surrounded by mature veterans who …
In a joint interview, Edna MacDonald and Ruth Peterson, speak on the academic atmosphere at Brown and the heavy constraints placed on women's conduct and …
In Part 1, Elizabeth begins by talking about her high-achieving family. Educated at Harvard Dental School, her father was one of only two black dentists …
Ethel Nichols Thomas begins her interview discussing her plans for the future, speaking on her wish to return to the workforce despite discrimination based on …
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 …
This dissertation uses a life course perspective to investigate migration and marriage as separate and inter-related life events. It explores the gendered nature of migration …
In Part 1, Gloria begins by describing her relationship to her father, an immigrant cement business owner, her role as a “typical Italian daughter,” and …