Record Accession Number: 1245
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| First UVA program |
NURS
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Second UVA program |
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| Comments on UVA programs |
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| Home town |
Beckley
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Home state |
WV
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| Comments on Home town and state |
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| Home town classification |
Small town
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| High school classification |
Public
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| Was your high school co-ed? |
Yes
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| Did you come directly from high school to UVA? |
Yes
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
school, home, church
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| If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? |
After
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| Was your spouse associated with UVA? |
Student
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| Mother's first degree |
Nursing diploma
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Mother's first college |
Elkins City Hospital School of
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| Mother's second college |
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Mother's second degree |
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| Mother's third college |
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Mother's third degree |
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| Father's first degree |
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Father's first college |
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| Father's second college |
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Father's second degree |
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| Father's third school |
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Father's third degree |
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| Comments on parents' schooling |
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| First sister's level of schooling |
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| Second brother's level of schooling |
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Third brother's level of schooling |
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| Family members at UVA |
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| Mother's first occupation |
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Mother's second occupation |
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| Mother's third occupation |
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Father's first occupation |
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Father's third occupation |
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| Date entered UVA |
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Date left UVA |
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| First other college |
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First other concentration |
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| First other degree |
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| Second other college |
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Second other concentration |
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| Second other degree |
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| Third other college |
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Third other concentration |
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| Third other degree |
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| Fourth other college |
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| Fourth other degree |
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| Fifth other college |
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Fifth other concentration |
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| Fifth other degree |
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| Comments on college experiences |
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| Why did you choose UVA? |
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| Comments on choice to attend UVA |
Was introduced to U.Va. by good friends who came to my hometown from U.Va. He was an MD and she was an RN.
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
father paid tuition
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
Mother- and my friend as above- also, by process of elimination
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
Very good, everything was exciting to learn- with the opportunity to immediately "activate" the knowledge as opposed to "storage."
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Comments on professor interactions |
very good, very helpful
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
my early instructors, possibly because of the "bonding" effect to the nursing school as well as to my profession.
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| Comments on memorable educational experience |
The stress related to learning a lot of material in a very short time and being expected to translate this material into safe patient care. I was very young, but I matured rapidly with this responsibility.
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
church-study = in the early months. work study- dating in the later years.
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
Korean War- only minimal as we had no excess time.
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| UVA housing |
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| Comments on housing |
dorm
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| Likes and dislikes about housing |
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| Comments on likes and dislikes |
like- 2yrs. of having a roommate, dislike- 1st year of not having a roommate
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
hospital cafeteria
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Interaction detail |
except church
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
very small and downtown was accesible on foot.
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| Did you feel part of UVA community? |
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Did you feel part of community? |
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| Incidents that caused these community feelings |
McKim Hall was the center of life- living and classrooms
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| Vivid UVA memories |
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| Comments on vivid memories |
March 18, 1950- when I met my husband he was a student at U.Va. We went to the boxing matches with Catholic U. Later we went to his fraternity house. My curfew was 11:45 pm. This, of course, was not my general experience, although we dated for the next 1 1/2 years until I graduated. My husband graduated in 1952 and we were married in the Chapel- he was a 2nd Lt. and was sent to Korea.
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| Did marital status affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of marital status |
I wasn't married so I can't compare experiences. We weren't allowed to be married. Being unmarried- gave freedom and being personally responsible for my own decisions.
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of cultural background |
I was a Caucasion Christian female as were all of my classmates.There was no diversity and I never experienced any thoughts on subject. Coming from a "protected" home environment and small town could have been overwhelming, but I don't recall any conflict. Whenever I was unsure of the unknown I just avoided the situations.
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
Yes, nursing background offered me the opportunity to provide for myself finacially and later to assist my family. Also, the knowledge gave me a very good basis for healthcare decisions for my family.
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
marriage, birth of children, health crisis, spiritual growth, loss of child at birth-offered support to family members as they have met spiritual and physical problems.
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| Personal factors that affected professional life |
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| Comments on personal factors |
Personal liife- made decision at age 40 to return to nursing to assist with prep school and college tuition for my children. This move prompted a return to the academic world as a student. Another path taken which was proud, fulfilling, and rewarding.
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| Other factors affecting life after the university |
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| Comments on other factors |
"stay-at-home"mom for 17 years allowed me to become involved in community activities. Many of these were leadership roles.
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| First post-UVA job |
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| Second post-UVA job |
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| Third post-UVA job |
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| First post-UVA volunteer position |
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| Second post-UVA volunteer position |
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Second volunteer dates |
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| Third post-UVA volunteer position |
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| Do you think of yourself as a career woman? |
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| Barriers faced in work and volunteering |
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| Comments on barriers question |
paid professional work- offered only challenges for continued education to advance. Pressures were applied in subtle and not-so-subtle methods.
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| Current marital status |
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| Current age range |
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| Number of children |
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| Additional comments |
When I came to the Univ., McKim Hall on Sept. 13, 1948, I was a 17 year old high school graduate. When I left 3 years later at the end of August, 1951, I was a 20 year old U.Va. hospital school and nursing graduate. In the intervening years I found a life that life was founded on and an undaunted sense of responsibility- to myself, my family, my professors, and to my God. This has carried me forward since that time.There were so many "firsts." First day of class, first day to wear a uniform, first patient, first relief duty, first night duty, first in my class to go to the OR, first scrub, first delivery, first day to wear cap, and finally as a senior, first day to wear white hose and shoes. The first autopsy we viewed was a young mother who suffered a blood clot during delivery. I was surprised that it became so readily impersonal. Like seeing a movie. We also viewed another time a baby born without a skull who also did not survive. My feelings were not so much impersonal as helplessness. My instructors were very helpful and encouraging. Especially like the anatomy instructor (Alice Darner)- a no-nonsense person and very fair. I nearly fainted once when looking up from notes. I looked directly into a skeleton, she had pulled it out of the closet while I was writing. Finally I found my later husband there at U.Va., and now 46 yrs. of marriage, I owe U.Va. much. The wonderful flashback memories I have of U.Va. will never leave me. My friends in my class are very important to me, even now.
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