Dorothy Allen Hill, class of 1930

Dorothy Allen Hill, class of 1930

Abstract In this interview, Dorothy Allen Hill starts by discussing her aunt, Mary Hill, who graduated from Pembroke College in 1904, and her father’s early insistence that she attend Pembroke. She recalls mandatory chapel and physical education, making friends, and...
Margery Chittenden Leonard, class of 1929

Margery Chittenden Leonard, class of 1929

Abstract 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 majority of her oral history is dedicated to discussing the fierce discrimination women...
Grace Amelia McAuslan, class of 1928

Grace Amelia McAuslan, class of 1928

Abstract In this interview, Grace Amelia McAuslan begins by explaining why she decided to attend Pembroke College and what her first impressions were. She notes some of the courses she took as a sociology concentrator and momentarily remembers participating in the...
Eleanor Francis Sarle, class of 1928

Eleanor Francis Sarle, class of 1928

Abstract In this interview, conducted sixty years after her graduation, Eleanor Francis Sarle, class of 1928, explains that there was never any question that she would become a school teacher and receive her education at Brown University – known then as the Women’s...
Mary Carpenter Emerson, class of 1927

Mary Carpenter Emerson, class of 1927

Abstract In this interview, Mary Carpenter 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 became a science teacher, teaching biology,...