Record Accession Number: 1386
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
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Home town	Blackstone	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?	No
Comments if not directly from high school	1 yr at Westhampton College (Univ of Richmond); 1 yr at Longwood College taking courses required for acceptance into the nursing program
Important activities before coming to UVA
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If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	During
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Was your spouse associated with UVA?	No
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Mother's first degree	BA	Mother's first college	State Teachers College @ Farmv
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
Comments on family members at UVA	son--Curry Ed. School, maternal grandfather and uncle--Law School
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
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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	because I wanted the college experience prior to studying nursing and U.Va. was the only state institution to offer that combination.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	father paid tuition and books, nursing students worked for room, board and laundry through the hospital nursing service.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	because I wanted to help people and because the functioning of the human body fascinated me.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	excellent
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	formal
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	the hardest professor I had (Ruth Moran), the hospital staff (Mary Jane Norris in particular), my classmates
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	it was a wonderful, exciting time of growth, both personally and intellectually/experimentally
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	usually working--either to fulfill my contract for room, board, = laundry or for pay
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	none--no extra time
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	don't remember
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed	nothing
UVA housing
Comments on housing	dormitory, apartment (for on rotation out of town in Fairfax Co.)
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	loved the dorm
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
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Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	cozy, small city atmosphere, friendly but not enough places to eat out (variety, that is) when family came to visit
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	we took a couple of psych classes on the grounds, many classmates dated U.Va. students, the whole atmosphere was "smaller" and more inclusive then.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	can't recall one
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status	I did not get as involved as I might have with university students and activities
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	none
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
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Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	birth of children, raising them, "launching" them, separation from husband after 30 yrs.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors	separation--> I entered the nursing field for the first time after graduation 30 yrs. before and found myself rusty BUT competent!
Other factors affecting life after the university
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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
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Current marital status
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Number of children
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