Record Accession Number: 1030
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Mount Airy Home state NC
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Home town classification Farm
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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 Since I wasn't old enough to enter nursing school when I graduated, I took the 2 year business course the school offered.
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? Other
Comments on spouses association with UVA I married Kenneth Hayes who was the son of Mr. J. Robey Hayes, purchasing agent of Univ. Hospital for many years. We met at Univ. Baptist Church.
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Mother's second college Mother's second degree
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Father's second college Father's second degree
Father's third school Father's third degree
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Date entered UVA Date left UVA
First other college First other concentration
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Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA A friend had been accepted at UVA in 1935, but the incoming class that year was delayed because of a polio epidemic. She married and did not enter, but I learned about the school through her.
How did you finance UVA?
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Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
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Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Our classes (most) were in classrooms in McKim Hall. We had good teachers and enjoyed our studies.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions very good
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Miss Roy Beasley, Miss Wyatt, Josephine McLeod, and doctors who encouraged us. Dr. Norman Thornton Dr. John Owens & others
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience We had good instructors and supervisors in all areas and to me it was an enjoyable experience.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Our work schedules were the same on weekends. When we were off, we went to football games, University activities, and church.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations There were few, if any, extra curricular activities.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
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How interest in issues was expressed
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UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory -- McKim Hall
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes I had the same private room during all my years. Very satisfactory.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail through church activities
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories Charlottesville has been one of my favorite places and we still enjoy it.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings gatherings at University drug store and the corner
Vivid UVA memories
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Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status unmarried
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background no
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness A nursing education is always useful. As a pastor's wife and with our own children growing up, I was often camp nurse, assembly nurse, etc.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event marriage, 3 children, 3 grandchildren
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
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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
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 For the past 22 years, we have been bringing up our granddaughter whose father died (cancer) three weeks before she was born. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was four years old. After 6 years of treatment at Johns Hopkins, she died when Sarah was ten years old. She, Sarah, is graduating from college in May and plans to go on to graduate school.
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