Record Accession Number: 1270
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
Comments on UVA programs
Home town	Cambria (now Christiansburg)	Home state	VA
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?	No
Comments if not directly from high school	2 years at Madison College.
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities	Church activities and sports.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	after
Comments on time of marriage
Was your spouse associated with UVA?	No
Comments on spouses association with UVA
Mother's first degree	RN	Mother's first college	Lewis Gale Hospital School of
Mother's second college		Mother's second degree
Mother's third college		Mother's third degree
Father's first degree	none	Father's first college
Father's second college		Father's second degree
Father's third school		Father's third degree
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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
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Family members at UVA
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Mother's first occupation		Mother's second occupation
Mother's third occupation		Father's first occupation
Father's second occupation		Father's third occupation
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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	To attend Nursing School and achieve an academic degree at the same time.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	Personal funds, scholarship and Kellogg Grant.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	It was of interest to me and achievable within my financial means.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	We had classes in McKim Hall and with same group of students for 3 years - University faculty were brought to McKim to teach us or the faculty was an employee of the SON.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	Both formal and informal, depending on the individual. A certain distance was always kept - we felt comfortable with faculty and could approach them regarding any learning need.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	Miss Beasley, Director of Nursing - because of her carind attitude toward students and staff - she was a role model - she made an effort to know us as people vs. only students.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	Very challenging yet rewarding.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	Working at least one shift - when not working as student in the hospital occasionally went to ball games, usually to church on Sundays.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	Zeta Tau Alpha and Church related groups. BSU and YWA's through church and sorority met many townspeople. I played golf with one of the minister's wives, visited in homes of townspeople - ZTA allowed me to meet and interact with students from other schools and colleges as well as fraternities.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	40+ years later I don't recall any particular issues other than the state and national elections.
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed	Nothing as I recall, I was too young to vote!
UVA housing
Comments on housing	dormitory (McKim Hall)
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	The restrictions and housemother supervision - overall it was adequate - I had a room with a basin and 2 windows (a corner room).
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	At the hospital cafeteria or ate out.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail	see #23
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	Knowing students in various schools; using Alderman Library, walks on the grounds and attending sports activities.
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	I have many pleasant memories of good times with my friends in BSU. We had hay rides, trips to Richmond for the symphony, and Saturday night spaghetti suppers at the BSU center. These experiences as well as church activities helped me to stay centered in the life or death mileu in which I was for my education. It's difficult to select one experience as many run together after so many years.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status	N/A
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	Not to my knowledge.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	Yes, I was exposed to the multi-diversity of the world and became aware of the similarities and differences in people and ways to manage various aspects of life.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	My marriage and family; my friends who have always been there to support me.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors	My parents always believed in my and encouraged me to achieve my potential. I have been fortunate to have had the privilege of working with people who were also my friends. For some though we are miles apart when we get together its like we have never been separated.
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
Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question	I have been able to achieve my goals of having a full-time position as well as raising a family - I haven't found barriers which prevented me from working towards my goals.
Current marital status
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Current age range
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Number of children
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Current employment status
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Additional comments	As nursing students under 21 years of age, we were required to live in McKim Hall. We had a housemother living in the residence and we had to sign out whenever we left the building after 6pm, as I recall. Many of us had single rooms and others shared a room on the front of McKim. Those of us with single rooms had a basin in our rooms with a bath on the hall - we had a buzzer system to the room to announce our friends arrivals - be they boys or girls. We had to go to the front lobby to sign out for a date, meet our date, and sign in from our dates - a housemother was always "checking us out" both as we left and when we returned. There was more diploma students than those of us getting the BSN and sometimes there was friction because they seemed to believe that we had special privileges. We did have the privilege of being a member of various U groups and participating in the U graduation ceremonies as well as the usual SON ceremonies from Capping through Pinning. Usually we all got along well and we have friends in both groups.
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