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Interview with Mildred (Betty) Kersh duration 41 minutes 19 seconds Interview with Mildred (Betty) Kersh Interview with Mildred (Betty) Kersh	Interview with Mildred (Betty) Kersh Mary Beth Alvarez (34) talks with her friend Mildred “Betty” Kersh (74) about her pioneering role as a female mathematician, her knowledge of New Orleans history, her thoughts on dying,… family traditions family trips and excursions workday life job satisfaction occupational traditions coworkers illness regimens coming of age marriage divorce death investitures and initiations book clubs anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences histories school day memories memories of growing up memories of former times historical events/people discrimination prejudice identity social beliefs and practices town life neighborhood life community history women’s institutes influential people parades street patterns schools teachers students college achievements and awards grades changes in education best friends cohorts (groups of friends) parents spouse children extended family mardi gras educator physiciann breast cancer compassionate choices mastectomy infamation travel antarctica georgia baroness micaela almonester pontalba new orleans la spain creole mathematics university of chicago university of washington national science foundation scholarship benjamin bloom From - UM Libraries 0 likes 0 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Kersh, Mildred (Betty) Alvarez, Mary Beth Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date April 02, 2010 Creation Place New Orleans (La.) Contributing Unit University of Miami Libraries Repository Cuban Heritage Collection Rights Statement Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. Content Type Sound Local Identifier chc52460001320001001
Interview with Laura Zarrabeitia duration 42 minutes 0 seconds Interview with Laura Zarrabeitia Interview with Laura Zarrabeitia	Interview with Laura Zarrabeitia Laura Zarrabeitia, 72, and her friend Lesbia O. Varona, 68 talk about Laura's theater work in Cuba, Spain, Venezuela, and the U.S. book clubs singing schools teachers revolución teatro venezuela cuba españa estados unidos radio novelas el nuevo grupo radio caracas venevisión mexico rafael caldera teatro leído julio matas anton arafat virgilio pinera santa cecilia la soga de pánico matías montes abilio estévez maría teresa castillo zarzuela tennessee williams picnic la rampa antonia rey maría felix soap opera From - UM Libraries 0 likes 11 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Zarrabeitia, Laura Varona, Lesbia O Genre Oral histories Language Spanish Creation Date January 21, 2010 Creation Place Miami (Fla.) Contributing Unit University of Miami Libraries Repository Cuban Heritage Collection Rights Statement Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. Content Type Sound Local Identifier chc52460000860001001

duration 41 minutes 19 seconds

Interview with Mildred (Betty) Kersh

Mary Beth Alvarez (34) talks with her friend Mildred “Betty” Kersh (74) about her pioneering role as a female mathematician, her knowledge of New Orleans history, her thoughts on dying,…

family traditions

family trips and excursions

workday life

job satisfaction

occupational traditions

investitures and initiations

book clubs

anecdotes (humorous but true stories)

personal experiences

histories

school day memories

memories of growing up

memories of former times

historical events/people

discrimination

prejudice

identity

social beliefs and practices

achievements and awards

grades

changes in education

best friends

cohorts (groups of friends)

compassionate choices

baroness micaela almonester pontalba

university of chicago

university of washington

national science foundation scholarship

benjamin bloom

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Access Restrictions

Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy.

Digital Collections Link

University of Miami Digital Collections

Creator

Kersh, Mildred (Betty)

Alvarez, Mary Beth

Genre

Oral histories

Language

English

Creation Date

April 02, 2010

Creation Place

New Orleans (La.)

Contributing Unit

University of Miami Libraries

Repository

Cuban Heritage Collection

Rights Statement

Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/.

Content Type

Sound

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chc52460001320001001

Interview with Laura Zarrabeitia

duration 42 minutes 0 seconds

Interview with Laura Zarrabeitia

Laura Zarrabeitia, 72, and her friend Lesbia O. Varona, 68 talk about Laura's theater work in Cuba, Spain, Venezuela, and the U.S.

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