Summary(0:17) Relationship to different neighborhoods in Brooklyn -- (1:51) Growing up in East New York -- (2:51) Moving to East Flatbush, feeling dislocated -- (4:42) Neighborhood changes -- (5:04) Hyland park -- (5:45) Going to school at P.S 158 -- (6:40) Childhood in Brooklyn -- (7:32) Junior high school -- (8:20) Having different ideas about women's education with mother -- (9:20) Brooklyn College and education as an adult -- (10:04) Working at New York State Department Of Labor -- (10:48) Moving to Midwood -- (12:16) Exploring the city by bike and through running -- (13:24) Midwood now and then -- (14:16) Learning to ride a bike and to swim as an adult -- (15:30) -- The importance of learning from other people.
NoteAudio interview conducted on March 23, 2016, by Judith Pierce at Brooklyn College. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
SubjectAdult education of women ; Brooklyn College ; Anthropology ; New York (State). Department of Labor ; Hunter College ; Bicycling ; Running ; Swimming ; Segregation ; Ethnic diversity ; Community development--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Sylvia Kaplan on 2018 March 23.