Summary(0:20) Coming to New York in 1969 -- (0:25) Difficult relationship with her father -- (0:47) Running away from home after the death of her stepmother -- (1:37) From bad father to bad husband -- (3:21) Asking her husband for a divorce -- (4:12) Legal process of uncontested divorce -- (5:18) Difficulty of getting a good job while married -- (5:31) Getting her high school diploma -- (5:39) Getting a good job at Salvation Army -- (6:02) Giving her sons a good life -- (7:30) Losing her third son in a subway accident on July 9, 2013 -- (9:46) Loneliness at home and staying busy -- (10:42) Getting her driver's license in 1974 but fear of using it since.
NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2016, by Taina Evans at Quincy Senior Residences. 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.
SubjectNineteen sixties ; Runaway children ; Nineteen seventies ; Nineteen eighties ; Adultery ; Divorce ; Education ; Rent Control ; Driver’s license ; Transportation accidents ; Electric railroads--Third rail ; Grief ; Rent control ; Drivers' licenses ; Salvation Army
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TitleOral history interview conducted with Anne Zeno on 2016 June 13.