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 …
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 …
"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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …