Interview List
Following is a list of women who have been interviewed for the Worcester Women's Oral History Project. Many transcripts are accessible by clicking on the highlighted names. All transcripts are accessible in a repository at the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute.
- If you are willing to be interviewed, please contact info [at] wwhp [dot] org.
- If you have been interviwed and don't see your photograph here and would like to share it, please email it to info [at] wwhp [dot] org or send a hard copy to:
Worcester Women's History Project
30 Elm Street
Worcester, MA 01609
| Name | Interview Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria Abramoff | 10/22/2007 | Former Owner and Operator of Tatnuck Bookseller | |
| Claudia J. Aitken | 10/24/2005 | School psychologist;Created Peace Busters Mediation Program | |
| Mercy Akpan | 11/11/2005 | Minister, born in Nigeria | |
| Mary Aleksiewicz | 10/26/2005 | Vice President of Nursing, Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital | |
| Mary Lou Anderson | 03/23/2009 | College Dean and Professor | |
| Thea Aschkenase | 02/20/2009 | Auschwitz survivor, Worcester State College graduate, Commonwealth Corps volunteer | |
| Barbara Trayers Athy | 04/23/2006 | Director of Marketing and Communication, Abby’s House | |
| Mary Ann Azanza | 03/30/2009 | Provincial Superior of the Assumption Sisters in the United States | |
| Kay Bassett | 10/23/2007 | Technical Manager; Chair, Red Cross; Wife of President of Clark University | |
| Rosamond Riley Bennet | 10/23/2006 | Member, Unitarian Universalist Church on Main Street; Volunteer for Planned Parenthood | |
| Sande Bishop | 11/06/2006 | Medical Historian;Columnist for "Worcester Medicine" | |
| Cynthia Bizzaro | 11/11/2005 | Born in Worcester, Music Teacher and Pianist | |
| Donna Bouchard | 11/29/2006 | Works at Paper and Oil Company | |
| Jacqueline Brennan | 11/20/2006 | Physical and Occupational Therapist;College Professor | |
| Suzanne M. Buglione | 10/26/2005 | College Professor, Business Owner, Community Volunteer | |
| Anita Burdick | 10/28/2005 | Office Administrator, Business Owner, Mother of Three | |
| Nancy Caruso | 10/18/2006 | Worcester Public School Teacher | |
| Julie Cerqueira | 04/27/2006 | Student, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Peace Corps Volunteer | |
| Shirley Coleman | 10/19/2005 | Lived in Worcester's Indian Hill neighborhood for forty-one years | |
| Donna Connolly | 11/11/2009 | Director, Worcester Educational Talent Search, Colleges of Worcester Consortium | |
| Lori Connolly | 02/28/2009 | Occupational Therapist, Member of Central Mass Families Organizing for Change | |
| Claire Constantin | 03/06/2008 | Retired Government Worker, Volunteer at the Deaf Senior Center and the Rape Crisis Center | |
| Tracy Cooney | 11/30/2006 | Worcester Public School Teacher | |
| Dolores Courtmanche | 11/12/2008 | Reporter for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette; President of WISE at Assumption College | |
| Mildred Cummings | 04/05/2008 | Registered Nurse;President,Episcobal Church Women's Group | |
| Elizabeth D'Errico | 03/13/2009 | Norton teletype operator, registered nurse, mother | |
| Anne A. Dealy | 05/05/2008 | Police Department Employee;Member of Senior Center and Women's Guild | |
| Elizabeth Dean | 10/19/2007 | Director, International Center; Worcester League of Women Voters | |
| Margery Dearborn | 11/21/2006 | Founder, Preservation Worcester | |
| Melanie Demarais | 04/02/2008 | College Development Officer;President, Worcester League of Women Voters | |
| Carolyn Dik | 10/23/2007 | Former President of League of Women Voters; Member of U.S. Judicial Nominating Committee under President Jimmy Carter | |
| Carol Donnelly | 11/19/2006 | College Professor | |
| Patricia Donovan | 04/04/2006 | 1960s Activist | |
| Charlyne Dore | 11/07/2006 | Customer Service Representative | |
| Maureen Ryan Doyle | 11/19/2008 | Freelance Writer, Property Manager, Member of the First Class of Women at Assumption College | |
| Elaine Ducharme | 03/27/2007 | Director, Deaf Blind Contact Center | |
| Annette Dudek | 02/23/2009 | Graduate Student, Social Worker | |
| Bozena Dudek | 11/10/2005 | Polish immigrant; Lived in Worcester for thirty years | |
| Katie Dutch | 10/16/2006 | College Student | |
| Evalyn Dyer | 12/08/2008 | Homemaker, Mother of Six; Raised in a Convent | |
| Guillerma Ellisondo | 04/13/2006 | Argentine immigrant; Professor of Spanish, Worcester State College | |
| Gail England | 04/18/2006 | Grew up in Worcester; Probation Department, Juvenile Court | |
| Patricia Eppinger | 11/11/2008 | College Teacher, Volunteer at United Way Women’s Initiative, Ecotarium, Hanover Theater renovation, mother of three | |
| Phyllis Estus | 10/22/2007 | Political activist, church choir director, college administrator | |
| Lauren Farina | 10/03/2006 | Program Coordinator, Dismas House | |
| Judy Freedman Fask | 12/04/2008 | College Professor of Deaf Studies, College of the Holy Cross; Sign Language Interpreter, Mother of Five | |
| Ann Louise Flynn | 03/21/2006 | College administrator, Assistant Vice President of United Way. Community Volunteer | |
| Rebecca Freedman | 01/18/2007 | Mother Grandmother, Army Nurse | |
| Aida Gautier | 11/20/2005 | Born in Puerto Rico; Plumbley Village Nursing Assistant/Outreach Social Worker | |
| Louise Gleason | 11/13/2006 | Nurse at Worcester State Hospital, Department of Mental Health, and UMASS Medical |