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Ms. Beverly Bowens. Full Interview
Beverly Bowens was born in Portland, Maine, in 1934, and grew up on Munjoy Hill. She had one older brother. Her father was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin; her mother’s family had been in Portland for generations. She graduated from Portland High School, attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and then moved to New York City to attend Teacher’s College at Columbia University; as of this interview, she had a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in nursing administration, and a master’s degree in institutional education. She married a surgeon and they had one daughter; her husband died when their daughter was eighteen months old. As of this interview, she had two grandchildren. She had a long career in nursing.
On Employment:
“My own family. I was married to a surgeon who died shortly after I was married; three years after I was married.”
Publication Date
3-31-2001
Publisher
University of Southern Maine African American Collection
City
Portland
Disciplines
African American Studies | American Studies | Cultural History | Digital Humanities | Education | Genealogy | Higher Education | History | Labor History | Oral History | Other American Studies | Other Education | Other History | Public History | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | United States History | Women's History
Recommended Citation
Saric, Vanessa, "Ms. Beverly Bowens on Employment" (2001). Quotes. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/we5quotes/11
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