Record Accession Number: 1359
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Richmond Home state VA
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Home town classification Large city
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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
Comments on important activities Music - I was a member of the Richmond Symphony
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? No
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Mother's first degree RN Mother's first college Epthworth Memorial Hosp. Schoo
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Father's first degree M.D., Naturopathy Father's first college
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA My sister graduated from the degree program in nursing.
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA Because it was fairly close to home. Cost was within our family limits. Did not want to go to MCV.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing Small scholarship; parents' help and I worked myself, each summer in high school.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Frankly because of parental pressure and because I wanted a professional career that would earn money. Also I wanted to follow a musical career at Indiana University but no money for that program.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences I had wonderful instruction, great classmates and received an excellent education in the field.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Strictly business! They expected the best from our class as it was a relatively bright bunch.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Miss Plummer - anatomy and physiology. Chemistry instructor too.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience It was a tough program; we were expected to perform in an excellent manner.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Studying or playing music with an ensemble group. Picnic with my sister (who was at U.Va. then too) and parents.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations Student government. Otherwise I studied - I could not "play" and keep good grades. Grades were more important to me.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues Within the University - I was very annoyed that we nurses were not allowed graduation on the Lawn as others were. (I was not into local issues, city, state, etc.)
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed I spoke out but it only brought irritation from the Dean of Nursing.
UVA housing
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Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes No complaints - I liked the private rooms.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail I attended the Methodist church in the community.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories Its beauty, its history.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings We were so isolated; overloaded with a tough workload either in academic or hospital duty. We spent too many hours in hospital service.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories A classmate and I were responsible for some 33+ patients on a unit as a 2nd year student. All I can remember is work in the hospital. There was little time for play. I listened to classical music and studied.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status None - I was married after graduation.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background White/female - that was the way the nursing classes were in 1958-1961.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness It taught me more of what I already knew - "work comes before play."
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event The awareness after finishing - that we were rudely treated by so many of the physicians. I sought a way to free myself of that behavior.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors My answer to #36 affected my "person." Therefore, I went back to school to earn a BA and MA in counseling. I have a license to practice independently. The reason I did this is because physicians had made much of my nursing life tense. And I was a good nurse.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors I've been married 36 years, raised 4 responsible children and worked in the evening when my husband could be with the children. I learned to juggle!
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Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
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Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question 1. Lack of respect from physicians. 2. Less pay as a unit director of Catholic hospital than the male directors of other units in the same hospital.
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Current employment status
Comments on employment status Currently I am recouperating from a neurological disease so I work very little.
Additional comments College was the second best time in my life. The friendships found at U.Va. were lasting and our class is still close. We continue a class letter to date. I really applied myself to academics while there and did little in the way of other activities. I was not a "drinker" so frat parties, etc., were not in my life. Others who played in the Richmond Symphony filled my spare" time. I wish I could be given the chance to walk the Lawn in graduation and feel what other U.Va. grads felt. Our graduation was not anything like now on the Lawn.

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