Janice Vanderwater, Faculty

Janice Vanderwater, Faculty

Abstract In this interview, Janice Vanderwater discusses her college education at Barnard College and her path to becoming the first female faculty member of the English department at Brown University, then the director of dramatics. She worked at Brown from 1940...
Clarice LaVerne Thompson, Faculty

Clarice LaVerne Thompson, Faculty

Abstract In this interview, Clarice LaVerne Thompson discusses her educational and professional path to becoming a visiting professor in Africana Studies and Music Director at Brown University, and founder of RPM Voices of Rhode Island. Thompson begins by describing...
Ruth Ellen Bains, class of 1943

Ruth Ellen Bains, class of 1943

Abstract Ruth Ellen Bains begins Part 1 of her interview by highlighting her family background and her early education in the Lincoln, Rhode Island, public school system. She explains that she only had two colleges to choose from and decided to attend Pembroke...
Elaine Barbara Frank, class of 1939

Elaine Barbara Frank, class of 1939

Abstract In this interview, Elaine Frank ’39, the daughter of a Providence-born father and Lithuanian-born mother, describes herself as a “City Girl” and discusses her decision to attend Pembroke College as a transfer student from LaSalle Junior College. She details...