Nora Reilly Interview Paper

I interviewed Dr. Nora Reilly who works at Radford University in the Psychology department on March 2, 2016. I had a class with Dr. Reilly last semester in industrial/organizational psychology. I interviewed Dr. Reilly in her office in Russell hall, which was a little disorganized with her packing her things for the move to the new building. She was wearing a pantsuit like she typically does and her hair is short and gray. I thought she would be an interesting person to interview because she is not the “typical” female. She was born Patricia Nora Reilly on June 2, 1958 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her sisters called her Nora when she was young and her father preferred the name, so that is the name that stuck. Since I had a class with her, I knew that she loved growing up in New Jersey. Dr. Reilly said that Jersey City is the “best place …show more content…
She said that she “could have gotten away with murder.” Her sister Nancy did the dishes a lot and she kind of feels bad about that know because she used to do them all the time. Everyone in her house had to clean; the house work was split among everyone. Her brother would walk the dog and take out the trash, which are the more “masculine” chores. Dr. Reilly did not pick up more work until she was older which is understandable. She did more cooking as she got older and she would go to the grocery store with her brother. They would walk to the store so they could get only as much as they could carry. She would carry the lighter items while her brother carried the heavier stuff. Dr. Reilly said that her father was a feminist and that he helped his wife around the house. Her mom worked as an administrative assistant in the projects and her father was a firefighter. Since her father was a firefighter he had odd hours and sometimes they had to have dinner at 4:30pm. Her mom would not get home from work in time to make dinner those night so he made