Record Accession Number: 1372
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
Comments on UVA programs
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
Comments on Co-ed high school
Did you come directly from high school to UVA?	No
Comments if not directly from high school	Mary Washington, 2 years
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities	Participating in sports and earning enough money during summers to have adequate spending money at school.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA?	Student
Comments on spouses association with UVA
Mother's first degree	none	Mother's first college	Business school
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
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
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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	Nursing degree
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	Parents. We were required to work 4 weekend days a month in the hospital. This paid our tuition. Small scholarship from nursing school.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	Began researching careers in high school. Nursing interested me. As soon as I could work, I worked as a nurses aide during summers and some weekends.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	We had few classes at the University. We had classes in the Nursing school with only fellow classmates.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	We had one professor who made a real effort to socialize with our class. Other than Mrs. Betty Norris, no one made an effort to get to know us personally.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	Betty Norris, Margie Howell - both taught in nursing school. Some doctors and staff nurses.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	Stimulating environment, hospital seemed to practice the latest patient surgeries, etc. Some classes great, some really boring and bad - but we always had clinical classes and they were never boring - sometimes very scary experiences.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	We only had 4 weekend days free of work. Went to football games, fraternity parties, concerts. And we studied.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	Sorority - meetings mainly. Through sorority met other females students at U.Va. Otherwise I would not have ever met other women students at U.Va.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	Cuban Missile Crisis.
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed	nothing
UVA housing
Comments on housing	dorm
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	Small rooms, hot in summer.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	The Corner. The city and surrounding areas were beautiful.
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	The medical and nursing schools were like our families. Everyone seemed to know almost everyone.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	Sledding on Cafeteria trays in front of McKim Hall. We had a Wednesday night education class on the grounds. It snowed for at least 7 Wednesdays during that course. The doctors on staff had a dance for senior nursing students. These doctors each had one nursing student that they escorted to the dance.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status	was not married
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	none
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	My nursing knowledge and clinical skills were tops when I graduated. As far as living in the real world, I was not really prepared for that.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	Marriage, family, teaching in nursing, travel.
Personal factors that affected professional life
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Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors	Being a volunteer in our community with the desire to make the community in which I live a better place for children.
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	Not unless it is a career in volunteering!
Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question	Low salary - but that was typical of nursing in those days.
Current marital status
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Current age range
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Number of children
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Current employment status
Comments on employment status	volunteer
Additional comments	When I went to U.Va., women were not really a part of the University life. We just accepted this and had lots of fun anyway. I probably would have flunked out, if we had been a part of University life!
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