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Oral History Interview with Margaret Collins Weitz (SOH-045)

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Collection Number

Suffolk University Oral History Project (SOH-045)

Running TIme

01:21:21

Description

Margaret Collins Weitz, professor emerita and former chair of Suffolk University’s Humanities and Modern Languages Department, discusses her non-traditional path into academia, her research, and her career at Suffolk. She begins with a description of her experiences growing up as child during the Great Depression and her Fulbright experiences in France which inspired her seminal research into women in the French Resistance. Dr. Weitz describes her campus involvement which ranged from reshaping her department and its educational offerings, supporting students from all backgrounds, to convening international conferences at Suffolk. She discusses the university’s dramatic growth, demographic changes, and the creation of international campuses in Madrid, Spain and Dakar, Senegal. The interview concludes with a discussion of Weitz’s post-retirement career, including several notable recognitions she received from the French government for her scholarship related to France and French women.

Subject Heading

Suffolk University—History; World War, 1939-1945--Women

Interview Date

2018

Publisher

Suffolk University

City

Boston

Keywords

Suffolk University History

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Oral History Interview with Margaret Collins Weitz (SOH-045)

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