Rosalie Dance and Marilyn Clark
Recorded
April 29, 2016
38:34 minutes
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Id:
dda002334
Description
Rosalie Dance (73) speaks to her friend, Marilyn Clark (70), about growing up in the small town of Jersey Mills, PA. As a college student, Rosalie became involved in a Quaker group. She later became a professor of mathematics, which she sees as a "key to social justice."Subject Log / Time Code
Marilyn (M) talks about when she first met Rosalie (R). They've been friends for 4-5 years.
R talks about going to the woods and having spiritual experiences.
R lived in the same house as her grandfather. He taught her to read.
R talks about her grandfather, who went West to pan gold. He came back and bought a large number of houses in the village where they lived.
R talks about going to a Baptist church. She was "shocked" by "what a Baptist church was."
R talks about getting involved in social justice as a college student.
R describes the Quaker meeting house she attended.
R told her sister she wanted to be a social worker. R's sister told her to become a teacher of mathematics.
R remembers a Georgetown student who was Cameroonian. He was a talented mathematician.
R talks about what she's learned. She values "persistence in things you believe in and want."
Participants
- Rosalie Dance
- Marilyn Clark