Oral history interview with Laura G. Anderton, 2004 [text/print transcript]

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Laura Gaddes Anderton (1918-2011) graduated in 1940 from Wellesley College. In 1943, she joined the United States Naval Reserve know as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). Anderton received a Master of Science from Brown University in 1948; a Certificate from the University of London, England in 1953; and her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1959. From 1948 to 1987, she served in various capacities at the Woman's College (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) as instructor, associate professor, professor, and associate dean. Anderton describes her different roles at the university. She talks about her career history and ambitions, as well as the students, faculty, and developing technologies at the college. Anderton discusses the co-educational transition, student government, and the Civil Rights Movement. She also touches on women in biology, Chancellor Pat Sullivan, the Golden Chain Society, the Home Economics Cafeteria, and African American students on campus.