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    Interview with Frances Nuytten recorded online on 03/02/2026; Interview Accession No: 0UNA-U1X0042

    Cite as: Beecher, Ruth (2026): Interview with Frances Nuytten recorded online on 03/02/2026; Interview Accession No: 0UNA-U1X0042. Birkbeck College, University of London.

    Description

    Frances was born in County Wicklow, Ireland in 1950. She emigrated to Canada when she was nine with her mother and five siblings to join their father who had gained work there as a tailor. She describes the adventure of travelling across Ireland, the Atlantic and Canada in a cold December and the excitement of being reunited with her father in Winnipeg.

    Frances remembers the experience of being a new girl in school with a different accent and assumptions made by teachers. She also reflects on the different expectations of her family of her compared to that of her friends, including behaviour, work and hospitality. Frances recalls with affection the arrival of her maternal grandmother to join their household.

    She talks about growing up in Canada and her work and social life, including meeting the young man who became her husband. On getting married she moved to more remote areas because of her husband’s work and she shares her memories of having to find friends and activities.

    Frances returned to education as a mature student having been frustrated by her early education and parental expectations. She fulfilled her early ambition of becoming a nurse and had a ‘wonderful’ 30 year career.

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    1 - Audio Track interview with Frances Nuytten recorded online on 03/02/2026; Interview Accession No: 0UNA-U1X0042 (0UNA-U1X0042XX-0001M0.MP3.mp3)

    Collection Method

    Úna Gan A Gúna Irish Women’s Oral History Collective
    Registered charity 1199074

    Interviews with a range of women born in Ireland during the twentieth century or those with Irish connections. The aim is to gather the stories, memories and opinions of Irish women born in each decade of the twentieth century, about their experiences between the approximate ages of 15 and 25. The sample was found simply through women with whom volunteer interviewers had a connection or through Irish organisations. Interviews were recorded and participants checked and approved the transcripts and recordings.
    See website https://unaganaguna.org/

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    Dataset Title:

    Interview with Frances Nuytten recorded online on 03/02/2026; Interview Accession No: 0UNA-U1X0042
    Creators:

    Beecher, Ruth
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    NarratorNuytten, FrancesUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
    InterviewerRodwell, PatUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies
    Keywords:

    Emigration, Canada, Nursing, Cultural expectations, Mature student
    Data collection method:

    Úna Gan A Gúna Irish Women’s Oral History Collective
    Registered charity 1199074

    Interviews with a range of women born in Ireland during the twentieth century or those with Irish connections. The aim is to gather the stories, memories and opinions of Irish women born in each decade of the twentieth century, about their experiences between the approximate ages of 15 and 25. The sample was found simply through women with whom volunteer interviewers had a connection or through Irish organisations. Interviews were recorded and participants checked and approved the transcripts and recordings.
    See website https://unaganaguna.org/
    Collection period:

    FromTo
    20262026
    Temporal coverage:

    FromTo
    19502026
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    The research proposal was ethically approved by the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.
    Depositing User: Ruth Beecher
    Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2026 11:18
    Last Modified: 01 Oct 2026 11:18
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Beecher, Ruth (2026): Interview with Frances Nuytten recorded online on 03/02/2026; Interview Accession No: 0UNA-U1X0042. Birkbeck College, University of London.

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