Record Accession Number: 1375
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
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Home town	Roanoke	Home state	VA
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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
Comments on important activities	Church; school activites - dances, sports
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	During
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Was your spouse associated with UVA?	Student
Comments on spouses association with UVA	Knew him before I came (followed him to Virginia!)
Mother's first degree		Mother's first college
Mother's second college		Mother's second degree
Mother's third college		Mother's third degree
Father's first degree		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
Comments on family members at UVA	husband - ARCH; Brother-in-law - ENG, EDUC
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	Good nursing program. My boyfriend was already at Virginia.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	Scholarship, parents, worked.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	Always wanted to be a nurse.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	Difficult - challenging - I had been a "straight A" student in HS; learning to study
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	Charming for the most part: being invited into their homes was a unique experience.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	Professors who were caring. Nurses at the hospital who remembered what it was like to be a student - Zula Mae Baber, Betty Norman Norris. Housemothers - Mrs. (Ma) Swicker Roommate - offered a different perspective from my sheltered Baptist life
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	Lots of fun/learning - I learned to be a scholar.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	Concerts, movies, fraternity parties, "making out" in the gardens.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	I was class president my freshman year; I was VP of the State Student Nurses Assoc. of Va. Student Council - one of the most painful memories I have was participating in an honor trial - as class pres. I had to help the young woman pack to leave.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	None that I can recall. Probably health care issues; issues of race came up when I was VP of the student nurse group and had to plan the delegation of the national convention in Ohio. I was instructed to get off the bus (while we were in WV) first and go into the restaurant to see if they served "colored people." This is my first memory of overt anger on race issues.
How interest in issues was expressed
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UVA housing
Comments on housing	dorm; apartment
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	Dorm was noisy - but fostered lasting women friendships; I learned to play bridge.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	Hospital; various restaurants
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail	Church
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	Beautiful landscape. Making a snowman on the Lawn. Sledding on cafeteria trays.
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	It was a wonderful time in my life. I was away from home for the first time; in love; studying to be a nurse; becoming an independent woman; making lifelong friendships with other women. I remember picnics with my love; my first experience with alcohol; the thrill of "capping" (when nursing students get their caps); my first patient dying; learning to take a stand on issues; learning to be a scholar - I loved it all!
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status	I didn't marry until my last summer. I had to go before the nursing dean to ask permission!
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	none
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	I have since gone on to get a doctorate in nursing.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	Both parents have died. Husband had cancer. Son had melanoma. Birth of two children. Husband's time in Army.
Personal factors that affected professional life
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Other factors affecting life after the university
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First post-UVA job		First job dates
Second post-UVA job		Second job dates
Third post-UVA job		Third job dates
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First post-UVA volunteer position		First volunteer dates
Second post-UVA volunteer position		Second volunteer dates
Third post-UVA volunteer position		Third volunteer dates
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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	None unsurmountable.
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	Time tends to fade reality, but my experience was 98% positive. Being a nursing student may have been different from that of other University women.
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