Joan Flowers, Clip 2: Emigrating from Jamaica, West Indies

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Joan Flowers

Date: Time Period: 1965 - 2002; 2014-06-09; Interview recorded: June 9, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:14

Creator: Joan Flowers interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo Identifier: aql:20950 qmp-jf-clip-000002

Description: Ms. Flowers emigrated from Jamaica, West Indies in 1965 and joined her extended family in Springfield Gardens, Queens near Springfield high school. There, she met her husband who was a neighbor. Her current office is within walking distance of where she first lived, and she recalls that the office building used to be a supermarket. Flowers has been married to her husband for 45 years and they have three sons. She was a stay-at-home mom until her children reached 2nd grade, then went to St. John's University School of Law in Jamaica, Queens. After passing the bar, she began her legal career at the Legal Aid Society in Queens. Flowers' mother (age 90) is a retired principle of a high school in Jamaica, West Indies. Her father was in the police force and died in 2002 at age 91. Queens has been home since emigration from Jamaica, West Indies. Flowers and her husband purchased a home in Addisleigh Park.

Title : Joan Flowers, Clip 2: Emigrating from Jamaica, West Indies

Collection : aql:20455; aql:21128

Creator : Joan Flowers interviewed by Marguerite Luizzo

Date : Time Period: 1965 - 2002; 2014-06-09; Interview recorded: June 9, 2014

Summary/Description : Ms. Flowers emigrated from Jamaica, West Indies in 1965 and joined her extended family in Springfield Gardens, Queens near Springfield high school. There, she met her husband who was a neighbor. Her current office is within walking distance of where she first lived, and she recalls that the office building used to be a supermarket. Flowers has been married to her husband for 45 years and they have three sons. She was a stay-at-home mom until her children reached 2nd grade, then went to St. John's University School of Law in Jamaica, Queens. After passing the bar, she began her legal career at the Legal Aid Society in Queens. Flowers' mother (age 90) is a retired principle of a high school in Jamaica, West Indies. Her father was in the police force and died in 2002 at age 91. Queens has been home since emigration from Jamaica, West Indies. Flowers and her husband purchased a home in Addisleigh Park.

Subject : Emigration and immigration; Biography; Oral history; St. John's University (New York, N.Y.). School of Law; Flowers, Neville; The Legal Aid Society

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Joan Flowers

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Springfield Gardens, Addisleigh Park,and Saint Albans, Queens, NY; Jamaica, West Indies Jamaica Addisleigh Park Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:03:14

Identifier : aql:20950 qmp-jf-clip-000002

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Emigration and immigration; Biography; Oral history; St. John's University (New York, N.Y.). School of Law; Flowers, Neville; The Legal Aid Society