Oral history interview with Patricia O'Brien, 1988

Scope and Contents

Background and childhood: Born December 1945, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Irish Catholic family; education: Msgr Patterson Elementary School, St. Anthony's, St. Columbkille High School, Regis, undergraduate, Columbia University, graduate, 1967; themes: political exposure during childhood, relationship between Catholic religion and politics, significance of election of John F. Kennedy, transformation of Catholic education during 1960s, involvement in anti-war rallies, civil rights demonstrations, anti-draft rallies, political experiences at Columbia, 1968 political protest and police bust at Columbia, strained relationships between faculty and students due to political tensions, feminism and the political role of women

Subjects

• Catholic Church--Education--United States.
• Christianity and politics--United States--Catholic Church.
• Columbia University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews.
• Columbia University--Student strike, 1968.
• Grele, Ronald J., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• O'Brien, Patricia, 1945---Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Student movements--United States.
• Students--Political activity.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1991