Record Accession Number: 1432
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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 |
Collegeville
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Home state |
PA
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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? |
To Mary Washington
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| Comments if not directly from high school |
Mary Washington, 2 years
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
Dating, parties, school activities, field hockey, reading fiction, working in local hospital
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| 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 |
none
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Mother's first college |
Scudder Secretarial School
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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.A.
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Father's second degree |
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Father's third degree |
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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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Date left UVA |
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| First other college |
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| Second other college |
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| Fifth 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 |
Best 4 year BSN program, early acceptance, less money for out of state school.
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
parents 100%
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
Always wanted to be a nurse - believed it offered many opportunities for excitement and adventure.
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
Stimulating, small numbers, closeness to professors/instructors.
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Comments on professor interactions |
Formal yet approachable for questions and problems.
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
One special housemother - a real Southern lady; Zula Mae Baber - Dean of School of Nursing - a role model of one who could maintain her position yet show genuine friendliness, caring, open demeanor.
Pres. and Mrs. Shannon - they made me feel I was an important and welcome guest in their homes even though I was one of many.
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
Frat parties, football games, the Corner.
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Comments on extra-curricular organizations |
Not available to women then.
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
1. War in Vietnam/national elections
2. University cancelling long Thanksgiving vacation
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| Comments on how interest was expressed |
1. Involved in discussions among friends.
2. Observed others rebellion.
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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 |
Lived in single room first year - hated isolation of that arrangement but no other choice.
Able to move to double room 2nd year.
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
hospital cafeteria
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Interaction detail |
As a student in public health nursing rotation.
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
Very rural area. From "another world" to me especially up in mountain areas, segregated.
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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 not part of the community then - nursing was very hospital based. We only took one course on the grounds - it was at night. We rarely saw other students except at off campus functions or social events. Usually the students preferred to date other women's colleges. Nursing was not held in high respect.
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| Vivid UVA memories |
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| Comments on vivid memories |
The first Rotunda Ball was held and several friends and I convinced some JAG school guys to take us since they had dress uniforms and did not need to rent a tux. It was a night of magic even though I couldn't remember who I was with. I truly fell in love with the Rotunda and grounds that night of beauty. The physical beauty of U.Va. was what has remained with me the most after my education which I consider the best I could have gotten anywhere.
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of cultural background |
none
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
Absolutely. The nursing program I was in combined the best of the older 3 year RN course with the newer BSN program. Compared to my experiences with other programs after graduation including a brief role as instructor in a nursing school my education was all I needed.
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
Feminist movement - changed the world I was expected to live in - as I grew up in one expectation for a woman and then forced to live in another.
Vietnam War and Watergate made me question our leaders as well as made me more aware of political events.
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| Personal factors that affected professional life |
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| Comments on personal factors |
My husband refused to allow me to continue in my nursing career due to fear of liability and corporate USA's looking down on working wives then. My divorce at 45 led to a renewal of my love for nursing and a satisfactory career ladder.
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| First 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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