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Pat Vought Schneider
When I enrolled in PSR I was told I could receive no degree other than "a degree in Religious Education because unfortunately you are a woman." I didn't want that degree, but since I was there on a scholarship I decided to make the best of it and study what I wanted, which was Old and New Testament. I'm very glad I did that, for more than one reason. Peter Schneider is the primary reason; the other is the joy I have had in going back to PSR every year for more than twenty years to teach creative writing workshops. (Come write with me!! It's in the PSR catalogue of summer session.) I have been married to Peter, who graduated from PSR in 1955, all these 51 and 1/2 years since we married in the chapel at PSR in 1957. We spent our first twenty-five years together serving Methodist churches. We have four children, Becca Schneider, who is chair of Theater, Speech and Dance at Brown University; Laurel Schneider, who is professor of Theology, Ethics and Culture at Chicago Theological Seminary; Paul, who is author of four books ([|www.Schneiderbooks.com]); and Bethany, who is a professor of English at Brwn Mawr College. Peter and I spent our second twenty-five years together writing and developing a program of writing workshops for the general population and to empower under-served populations. For information on Peter and me, on our books and on our work, please go to [|www.patschneider.com].