Record Accession Number: 1024
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 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
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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 Mother's first college Rowlings Institute
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA father-OL Huffman- 2 years before 1911; brother - OL Huffman, Jr. MD 1938 or 1939 brother-OL Huffman, Jr.- MD 1938 or 39
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Date entered UVA Date left UVA
First other college First other concentration
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA My aunt Pauline Johnson graduated from nursing school and I admired her.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing It cost $100.00 for uniforms, books, and breakage fee for 1st year. My father didn't want me to go away and refused to give me the money, I borrowed it.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration When my mother was ill and died, I wanted to be like the nurses who took care of her.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences The classes were hard particularly if you worked night duty and had to stay up to go to class. The teachers were excellent.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Miss Josephine McLeod, superintendent of nurses, was formidable, but when she was driving to my home town for a visit, she took me and a class member along.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Miss Josephine McLeod-on the first day of classes she called the roll of 73 students alphabetically without a roll book. Miss Ruth Beery was our main instructor. She required good performances and she was fair to all students.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience I loved everything about it, we worked very hard but the experiences we shared with our classmates were wonderful. The interns and residents were our friends and later our dates-the school dances were fun. Our educational experiences included scrubbing for all doctors in OR. We spent time on each service and were put in charge of smaller wards as seniors.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities We worked many weekends. The Rector of the Episcopal Church had early communion service for those who wanted to come. He was our chaplain later in the 8th evac. In summer we spent days off at Fry's Spring swimming.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations We didn't have any organizations at that time. We did have a choir led by a music teacher. We practiced one night a week part of the year. We sang at our commencement exercises.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues none
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed nothing
UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes We became best friends with some of our classmates who lived near us- we studied together and had fun together away from nurse quarters.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital dining room.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail Knew people at the drugstore, bank, and newspaper stand as well as dress shops downtown.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories After gradution when I worked private duty I never afraid to walk by myself to Wertland St anytime during the night, I loved to go to dances at the Rotunda with a chaperone seated on the level above-it was not crowded.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings When I worked in the nursery one of the owner's from Chancellor's had a baby. He came over every morning to watch me care for him. From that day forward I was always treated special at the drugstore.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories When one of my friends and I worked on the colored men's ward we frequently sang while we did the back ribs each evening. People would stop in the hall to listen. On the colored women's OB ward there was a patient who had post partum psychosis. She would climb over the side rails if you weren't watching. To get her back to bed I started singing and the women would join me-the patient had a beautiful alto voice and would get back in bed with no trouble.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status I was not married at that time.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background Not at all that I know of.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness We were taught to work in many situations during training. When we worked in OPD in the sterilizing room [cure?] rubber for IV sets, then made up the sets. We also mixed the [D5W?] & saline solution in flasks to the sterilized. We packed trays for [lumber?] punctures, etc. mended gloves and packed them for the sterilizer.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event I did private duty from 1938-1940 when I joined the 8th Evacuation Hospital. By the name we knew we would be stationed at the front. We went on maneuvers in NC to learn how to care for patients in tents. We were made part of the station compliment everywhere we were stationed (R. Beery offered our services). Part of the time we worked in dental clinics or on the wards. We were sent to [Hollaran?] Gen. Hosp. on Staten Island when our doctor went in on the invasion of N. Africa.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors The 2.5 years I spent with the 8th evac. influenced my whole life. We spent 6 monthes on Casablanca on [Anfe?] Hill across the street from where the Casablanca conference was held. Had 5 day ride through the mountains on a troop train with many tunnels. Stayed at Cape [Matifice?] across the bay from [Algiers?] awaiting orders -went on troop train to board the ship to Italy , arrived at [Salerno?] on D11-slept on ground the first night-heard in the morning our ship with our equipment had been sunk.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors The 2 years in Italy being a part of a 750 bed mobile hospital, leaving and working in tents, was a challenge to say the least. We had fires, snow, howling winds, tents blown down, etc. I took Boyd Leavell a book to tell about it.
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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 The rules of the Army & Va.- you learn to do it their way, it's easier than doing it over.
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 My husband had a stoke 4 years ago, except for someone to give him am care and someone to put him to bed, I am the caregiver.-I'm lucky I had the training I had because I know many things that make his life more bearable.
Additional comments I think I've said enough.

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