Ruth Vick O'Brien (1900-1975) graduated in 1921 from the North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1942, she received a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. O'Brien talks about her early live in Seaboard, North Carolina; her college days; campus rules and regulation; and the importance of 'service' at the college. She recalls the faculty members who influenced her life such as Viola Boddie, Laura Hill Coit, Harriet Elliott, Magnhilde Gullander, A.C. Hall, Walter Clinton Jackson, Emma King, Eduard C. Lindeman, and Frances Womble. O'Brien discusses her interest and involvement with the Carolina Dramatic Association and American Folk Festival Association as well as her love of the Wolf Trap National Park and the Kennedy Center. She concludes the interview by remembering her husband, John, and their Washington, DC public relations firm's involvement in passing legislation such as Medicare.