Record Accession Number: 1216
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
Comments on UVA programs
Home town	Shinnston	Home state	WV
Comments on Home town and state
Home town classification	Small town
Comments on Home town classification
High school classification	Public
Comments on High school classification
Was your high school co-ed?	Yes
Comments on Co-ed high school
Did you come directly from high school to UVA?	Yes
Comments if not directly from high school
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities	High school and sports
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	During
Comments on time of marriage
Was your spouse associated with UVA?	former student
Comments on spouses association with UVA
Mother's first degree		Mother's first college
Mother's second college		Mother's second degree
Mother's third college		Mother's third degree
Father's first degree		Father's first college
Father's second college		Father's second degree
Father's third school		Father's third degree
Comments on parents' schooling
First sister's level of schooling		Second sister's level of schooling
Third sister's level of schooling		First brother's level of schooling
Second brother's level of schooling		Third brother's level of schooling
Comments on siblings' schooling
Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA
Mother's first occupation		Mother's second occupation
Mother's third occupation		Father's first occupation
Father's second occupation		Father's third occupation
Comments on parents' occupations
Date entered UVA		Date left UVA
First other college		First other concentration
First other degree		First other dates of attendance
Second other college		Second other concentration
Second other degree		Second other dates of attendance
Third other college		Third other concentration
Third other degree		Third other dates of attendance
Fourth other college		Fourth other concentration
Fourth other degree		Fourth other dates of attendance
Fifth other college		Fifth other concentration
Fifth other degree		Fifth other dates of attendance
Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA	a friend's recommendation
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	parents
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	Not all our instructors were good teachers, some were but some were very poor. I came from a high school with an " A" average but I struggled with many of the classes at U.Va.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	formal, distant
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	Pride in my work and association with the University. The honor code was important and respected.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	Mostly with classmates on grounds when not working (which was seldom)
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	None were available to us
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	little awareness of anything outside the hospital and classes
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed
UVA housing
Comments on housing	dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	loved dormitory life, disliked curfews, the feeling of being watched every minute
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail	dated and married a local
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	Walking downtown from the dorm, Vinegar Hill, Swimming at Fry Springs
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	football games, frat parties, "the corner"
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	I felt a great deal of stress because of the number of hours we were required to work in the hospital. There seemed to be no rewards, compliments, or encouragement from our instructors.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	yes--I used my acquired skills to earn a living for over 40 yrs.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	marriage--family
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors	Having children--a need to find a nursing position that permitted me to be at home with them during their school vacations--holidays
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors
First post-UVA job		First job dates
Second post-UVA job		Second job dates
Third post-UVA job		Third job dates
Comments on post-UVA jobs
First post-UVA volunteer position		First volunteer dates
Second post-UVA volunteer position		Second volunteer dates
Third post-UVA volunteer position		Third volunteer dates
Comments on volunteering
Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
Comments on career woman question	Past tense
Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question	did not get a degree
Current marital status
Comments on current marital status
Current age range
Comments on current age range
Number of children
Comments on number of children
Current employment status
Comments on employment status	retired, other--seasonal employment part-time
Additional comments	I remember, with fondness, the teas that were held each afternoon in the lounge at McKim. That special little ritual meant a lot to me.
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