Marilyn Rose, Meredith Rose, and Shelley Rose
Recorded
July 3, 2014
40:15 minutes
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atl002451
Description
Shelley Rose (58) and Meredith Rose (55) talk with their mother, Marilyn Rose (83) about her life growing up in Providence, RI and how she hated following rules as a kid. She also talks about meeting her husband and her life as a "Navy wife," which allowed her to travel the world.Subject Log / Time Code
MR grew up on Providence, RI where her father had a habberdashery.
MR discusses how her parents met for first time and that her mother's father opposed the relationship, leading to a three-year engagement.
MR's mother was a strict disciplinarian who worked as a bookkeeper.
MR describes breaking the rules a lot as a child, tells the story of putting pennies on the trolley track and waiting for the trolley to derail.
MR describes running away from home because her mother was going to give the dog away.
MR recalls meeting her husband, Mike, for the first time when he was a Ensign stationed at the naval base in Providence, RI.
MR talks about leaving home for the first time in her life on her wedding day when she had to leave her wedding party early. She mentions being scared about the future but also angry about leaving and refusing to sit close to her husband in the car.
MR talks about her decision to have children and which children were intentionally conceived and which were an accident. She also mentions in what city the children were conceived.
MR talks about her sad feelings when her husband would leave on deployment and the difficulty in caring for the kids.
Participants
- Marilyn Rose
- Meredith Rose
- Shelley Rose