Record Accession Number: 1285
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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 |
Alexandria
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Home state |
VA
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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? |
No
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| Comments if not directly from high school |
1 yr at Mary Wash. before first summer school
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
band-played french horn
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 |
B.A.
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Mother's first college |
U. of Missouri, Education
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| Mother's second college |
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Mother's second degree |
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Mother's third degree |
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| Father's first degree |
B.S.
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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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| First sister's level of schooling |
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| Family members at UVA |
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| Mother's first occupation |
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| Date entered UVA |
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| First other college |
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| Second other college |
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| Third other college |
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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 |
For the nursing program- I was too young (16) to start at a hospital
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
parents
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
I wanted to be a medical missionay to China, but wanted to finish college before my brother graduated from high school- med school would take too long.
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
Our classes were taught by doctors at the hosp. We were very serious about learning to be good nurses. There were no men in our classes. Some classes were taught by nurses, the "how to do it" ones.
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
The nurses who supervised us on the wards and the ones in the practice classes. Also, our classmates. They knew when we got stuck and helped us.
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| Comments on memorable educational experience |
I admired the teachers for knowing what they were talking about. I felt trust in their ethics and what we were trying to learn to do for people. I lost confidence in my ability to do it, but I planned to return after I got married in 1954.
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
Sometimes I worked, sometimes I dated students, attended dance weekends, went to church, went to a movie.
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Comments on extra-curricular organizations |
I did not join clubs because our hours of work were always changing.
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
desegregation, Korean War
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| Comments on how interest was expressed |
Tried to get along with the black people I met
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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 |
I liked living near classmates and friends, but sometimes it was lonely because we worked different hours in the hosp.
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
hosp.
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
We liked going to the corner, sometimes we walked downtown.
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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 |
We were isolated at the hosp. I felt more a part of the school when dating. None of our classes were with other students than nursing.
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| Vivid UVA memories |
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| Comments on vivid memories |
In the first summer school I thought I would learn to be a wonderful nurse who didn't make mistakes. By the end of the second summer I had lost confidence and worried a lot that I would make a terrible mistake. One day several of us were standing around a man's bed while the head nurse explained about his abdominal incision. I looked at his face and thought he looked scared. I took his hand and gave him a little smile. Later the head nurse complimented me for remembering he was a person. Her compliment encouraged me to keep trying and has always meant a lot to me.
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| Did marital status affect UVA experiences |
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
I loved the honor code and the way the local people trusted us. It was hard to get used to people who felt less trust.
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
Getting married, having 4 children, going where my husband needed to go, coming to S. Dakota
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| First post-UVA job |
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| Second post-UVA job |
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| First post-UVA volunteer position |
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| Do you think of yourself as a career woman? |
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| Current marital status |
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| Number of children |
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| Additional comments |
One of the older nurses started having tea with Ritz crackers in the living room at McKim Hall. She did this in the late afternoon. We sat, drank our tea, and visited with her. This helped us feel calmer and happier. I think one of the hardest things about teaching nursing is to impress on people the need to be careful without destroying their confidence.
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