Ann Martha Chmielewski, class of 1959

Abstract The daughter of Alice O’Connor Chmielewski ’28, Ann begins her own interview by relating childhood memories of accompanying her mother to Pembroke College reunions. She then describes her social and academic life as as a student herself, a...
Elizabeth B. West, class of 1973

Elizabeth B. West, class of 1973

Abstract In these interviews, Elizabeth B. West, Brown University class of 1973, discusses her experiences at Brown University during the Pembroke-Brown merger, the Vietnam War, and the Women’s Movement. She also talks about her thirty-year career in network news, her...
Lucile K. Wawzonek, class of 1972

Lucile K. Wawzonek, class of 1972

Abstract In Part 1 of this interview, Lucile K. Wawzonek discusses changing attitudes towards formal gender divisions on campus during the Pembroke-Brown merger. She begins by reflecting on the regulations at Brown in the late 1960s, including the male caller system...
Miriam “Mimi” Dale Pichey, class of 1972

Miriam “Mimi” Dale Pichey, class of 1972

Abstract Miriam Dale Pichey’s interview is an energetic insight into the politics of student life at Brown University in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She describes both the campus atmosphere of gendered social rules and struggling for equal representation after the...
Susan Elizabeth Geary, class of 1967

Susan Elizabeth Geary, class of 1967

Abstract Susan Elizabeth Geary begins her interview by discussing her early education in Scituate, Rhode Island and her matriculation to Pembroke College where she was a commuting student. She goes on to discuss in detail the varying elements of her time at Pembroke,...