Elizabeth Parmelee Rose, Northwestern University, shares her recollections of her mother, Amy Olgen Parmelee, Northwestern University. Elizabeth begins by recounting her mother's ancestors in Germany and the United States, Amy's academic achievements and her experiences in Upsilon Chapter at Northwestern University, her early work as secretary for the YWCA and a chapter adviser, and her marriage; she also shares stories about Tri Deltas who worked with her mother, including R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, and Fay Martin Slover, Randolph-Macon College. Elizabeth later shares her memories of her childhood, attending the 1925 Convention in Glacier National Park with her mother, Amy's work on The Trident and later career as Dean of Women at Colorado State University, and her own experiences in college and the workforce, as well as some of the family's travel and business endeavors, and concludes by discussing Amy's health issues near the end of her life.
April 1985
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