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
Diane Morin 04/26/2006 A mother of three children and two step-children, she currently works at Big Y
Barbara Murphy 10/20/2006 Grew up during Depression; Mother of 13; Telephone Operator
April Murray 04/17/2006 Admissions and Marketing Director, Radius Healthcare Center
Mary Jo Nawrocki 04/15/2009 School District Superintendent
Dolores Neely 11/19/2010 Teacher, Singer, Mary Kay consultant
Gale Nigrosh 11/01/2006 College Professor and Coordinator of Higher EducationPartnerships for Worcester Public Schools
Egle Novia 11/13/2006 Born in Rome, Italy in 1930
Kathleen O'Connor 03/14/2011 Lawyer; Owns law firm
Theresa O'Neill 11/13/2006 Memories of WWII; Worked at Digital
Stacy OBey 11/04/2010 Landscape designer; groundskeeper
Julie Orcutt 11/08/2006 Employee of the Central Massachusetts Convention and Visitor's Bureau
Kristen Pagliuca 03/15/2007 Bank Manager
Tara Pandolfi 11/17/2006 Health Education Specialist, Planned Parenthood; Mother of Triplets
Carol A. Pappas 04/19/2012 College Librarian
Beatriz Patino 11/29/2012 Director, Cross-Cultural Center, Assumption College
Sara Patterson 02/20/2008 Volunteer sign language tutor
Ivana Pellegrino 11/02/2005 Italian immigrant; Small business owner
Angela Penny 04/16/2008 Mother of four daughters, involved in Women 2000 Reenactment of Worcester’s 1850 Women’s Rights National Convention
Margarita Perez 11/01/2006 College Professor
Jessica Perley 02/18/2008 College Student, Advocates Inc. employee
Joan Phillip 03/27/2007 Director, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Independent Living Services, Center for Living and Working
Alexandria Phillips 04/19/2006 Activity Leader, YMCA; College Student
Maureen Power 11/14/2005 College Professor; Director, Intergenerational Urban Institute
Claire Quintal 03/17/2009 College Dean, Founder of the French Institute, Second Female Professor at Assumption College
Annette Rafferty 11/15/2012 Founder, Abby's House
Catherine Rajwani 04/08/2011 Lawyer
Hilda Ramírez 03/31/2011 English Translation - Executive Director of the Worcester Youth Center; Born in Dominican Republic
Hilda Ramírez 03/31/2011 Spanish Interview -- Directora Ejecutiva del Worcester Youth Center; Lugar de origen: la República Dominicana
Lisa A. Raymon 03/16/2012 Salon Owner, Mother of three
Heidi Reed 02/19/2010 Massachusetts Commissioner for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Pamela Reidy 11/23/2010 Director of Mission, Notre Dame du Lac; teacher; Founder of Spirit of Hope
Brenda Rennie 02/16/2009 Independent Living Services Advocate at the Center for Living and Working; Volunteer Our Deaf Sisters Survival Support Project
Eve Rifkah 10/15/2010 Writer, teacher, Poetry Oasis
Sara Robertson 10/04/2006 First Woman Mayor of Worcester, MA
Gladys Rodríguez-Parker 03/18/2011 English translation - Senior District Representative,Congressman James P. McGovern
Gladys Rodríguez-Parker 03/18/2011 Spanish Interview - Senior District Representative, Congressman James P. McGovern
Mary Jane Rose 03/15/2007 Worcester Teacher
Linda Rosenlund 11/23/2010 College Administrator; Founder of Worcester Women's Oral History Project
Dorian Ross 10/23/2007 Intergenerational Urban Institute, Worcester State College
Briana Roy 11/13/2006 College Student
Tina Rumrill 02/27/2009 Resident of Great Brook Valley
Kate Saba 03/30/2009 Fitness Trainer, Nursing Student
Susan Sabelli 03/22/2009 College Professor and Clinical Coordinator of Human Services and Rehabilitation Counseling
Brenda Safford 03/30/2009 College Administrator, Director of Multicultural Affairs
Wilma Sanchez 03/24/2011 Licensed Addiction Drug Counselor
Laurel Sanderson 10/23/2006 Clark graduate, Long-time Hanover employee
Judith Savageau 04/10/2012 Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health; Massachusetts Association for the Blind Board Member
Jacqueline Scafidi 11/10/2009 Senior Computer Consultant
Martha Scheffer 10/31/2006 College Administrator
Zelda Schwartz 11/09/2010 Psychotherapist; Retired Director of Family Therapy at Jewish Family Services