This interview with members of the Pembroke College class of 1960 focuses on the undergraduate experiences of Barbara Ruth Little, Joanne Phyllis Tenedine, Rosemary Ann Smith, Carolyn Marie Hanson, Minna Claire Saxe, Suzanne Elaine Werber, Joan Caryll Hoost, Linda June Blackman, Barbara Jane Hajjar, Jane Marilyn Doane, and Carol Maclennan at their 50th reunion.
The interviewees begin by introducing themselves with their names, majors, and a summary of their life after graduating from Pembroke. Many of the alumnae hold graduate degrees and pursued careers in the sciences and they discuss the uniqueness of those paths in the 1950s and 1960s and the discriminations they experienced as women in the workforce at that time. They go on to recall Pembroke's policy of religion-based roommate assignments for those who lived in the dormitories as well as the feelings of difference experienced by those who commuted to campus.
The interviewees do recall camaraderie felt among the Pembroke women; learning about "gracious living;" and respecting the honor and dress codes. This leads to more sobering memories of the double standards for male Brown University students and the female Pembroke students in addition to a lengthy recollection of posture pictures. The interview closes with remembrances of Pembroke Dean Nancy Duke Lewis, compulsory Chapel, favorite courses, and various on-campus jobs.
Pembroke Hall, Brown University