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Items (61-80) out of 154 results
- Description:
- Gail begins part 1 by discussing her sheltered upbringing in a very religious household, and her desire to attend a school where she could feel …
- Year:
- 1995
- Contributor:
- Mitchell, Gail Yvonne (interviewee)
- Byrd, Derria Monique (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1970s
- Academics
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Fraternities
- Integration
- Pembroke/Brown merger
- Race relations
- Social life
- Vietnam War
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In the first part of her interview, Galia Siegel speaks about her work with Project Birth -- an advocacy, service, and educational program for pregnant …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Siegel, Galia (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Activism
- Birth control
- Dormitories
- Family
- Feminism
- Fraternities
- Providence
- Sarah Doyle Women's Center
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Gladys Paine Johnson begins her interview by describing her family and how she came to Brown in 1909, the first member to attend college. She …
- Year:
- 1986
- Contributor:
- Paine, Gladys (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1910s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Marriage
- Professors
- Social Life
- Travel
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- 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 …
- Year:
- 1985
- Contributor:
- Del Papa, Gloria elizabeth (interviewee)
- Fenimore, Carol (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Athletics
- City Girls
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Pembroke College traditions
- Physical Education
- Posture Pictures
- Professors
- Social life
- Student activities
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- 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
- Description:
- In this interview, Hannelore Banks Rodriguez details her path to and through a career in higher education. She begins by sharing some of her parent’s …
- Year:
- 2017
- Contributor:
- Rodriguez, Hannelore Banks (interviewee)
- Vascellaro, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Asian-American students
- 1980s
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- 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
- 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
- Description:
- Helena "Pat" Hogan Shea was born in Ireland and was a student in 1928 when the Women's College became known as Pembroke College. She worked …
- Year:
- 1998
- Contributor:
- Hogan, Helena (interviewee)
- Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- City Girls
- Employment
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Physical Education
- Social Life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Hilary Ross Salk's oral history is a story of feminism and community. She begins her 1988 interview discussing her search for community at Pembroke, and …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Ross, Hilary Berger (interviewee)
- Lamoree, Karen M. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Children
- City girls
- Dormitories
- Feminism
- Marriage
- Minority students
- Politics
- Providence
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Ingrid Winther Scobie's interview expresses the nuanced frustration women experience as a result of gender expectations that limit them and suppress their full potential. She …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Winther, Ingrid Ellen (interviewee)
- Bruce, Ashley (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1960s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Children
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Family
- Gender expectations
- Marriage
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Physical education
- Professors
- Sexism
- Social life
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- 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
- Description:
- Jane Walsh was born in Providence, Rhode Island and lived at home while she attended Pembroke. She discusses being a City Girl, the impact of …
- Year:
- 1988
- Contributor:
- Walsh, Jane Eleanor (interviewee)
- Berma, Julie (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Administration
- City girls
- Clothing and fashion
- Deans
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Pembroke traditions
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Presidents
- Social life
- Student activities
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Laremont begins by explaining the academic initiative and activist spirit that brought her to Brown. There, she fondly remembers a “feeling of …
- Year:
- 1994
- Contributor:
- Pinkney, Javette Damorra (interviewee)
- Byrd, Derria Monique (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1980s
- Academics
- Activism
- Administration
- Brown Daily Herald
- Dating
- Dormitories
- Employment
- Minority students
- Race relations
- Student activities
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- Jean Miller tells the story of her life in this interview, which was recorded on three occasions in 2014 and 2015. In Part 1, she …
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- Miller, Jean Ellen (interviewee)
- Korwin, Wendy (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1940s
- Academics
- Family
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Travel
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Jeanette Black discusses her family; her education at Providence's Classical High School; reasons for attending college and for choosing Pembroke; her requirements …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Black, Jeanette Dora (interviewee)
- Hurowitz, Naomi (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Administration
- Employment
- Great Depression
- World War II
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Astronaut Jessica Meir, Brown University class of 1999, discusses her experiences as an undergraduate student at Brown, the steps she took to …
- Contributor:
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Meir, Jessica (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Jewish Students
- Open Curriculum
- Travel
- Women in Science
- 1990s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110034
- bdr1110034
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Joan Katz Betesh, Brown University class of 1973, reflects on her time on campus, her pathway to law school, and the development …
- Contributor:
- Betesh, Joan Katz (interviewee)
- Knox, Amanda (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender Expectations
- Jewish Students
- Marriage
- Open Curriculum
- Sex Discrimination
- 1970s
- Local ID:
- bdr:1110060
- bdr1110060
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In her second interview, Johanna Fernández, Brown University class of 1993, shares her experiences as a professor and radio show host in New York City …
- Contributor:
- Fernández, Johanna (interviewee)
- Murphy, Mary (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (document genres)
- Subject:
- Academics
- Activism
- COVID-19
- Latinx Students
- Mental Health
- Students of Color
- 1990s
- Local ID:
- bdr:728144
- bdr728144
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Josephine Mary Russo, class of 1938, explains that she had wanted to attend college since the age of ten. When she came …
- Year:
- 1982
- Contributor:
- Russo, Josephine Mary (interviewee)
- Wirth, Lori J. (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- 1930s
- Academics
- Dormitories
- Great Depression
- Pembroke-Brown merger
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
- Pembroke Center Oral History Collection