Record Accession Number: 1050
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Henry County Home state VA
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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? Yes
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Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities Helping an aunt who was ill & looking after my grandmother the summer prior to entering UVA.
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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Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA Good school and my aunt was in Harrisonburg, Va.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing My aunt paid for it.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration I loved people and always helped with the sick after I was grown.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences I loved learning and found nursing fascinating. We had some me school professors, but mainly Miss Roy Beazley and Mabel Montgomery who were exceptional teachers.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions very good
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Miss Montgomery, Beazley, & Miss Walker-Director of nursing
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience The friends I made we had fun in addition
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Had very little free time. Once in a while we could travel home or to Lynchburg. Church.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations No time and little we could do except classes and long hours on duty.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues WWII was the main concern.
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UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes It was very restrictive. We had to sign in and out and couldn't be even 1 miute late. the rooms were small, poorly furnished and when with a roommate extremely crowded.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location We had to eat in the hospital cafeteria.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail Visits in their homes and meals at times.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories A pleasant small town.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
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Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories I liked it there. It was small then, we socialized with classmates and dated med students mostly. Footbal games-swimming parties.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status Single when I attended-dated.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background I was 18-21 yrs old, white, grew up in a small community-did not drink or go to wild parties. The parties my friends and I attended were very nice social affairs.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Yes, I had jobs in nursing when I wanted to work.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event My marriage to a wonderful man, my children and grandchidren.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors Health at times a factor. I wasn't working 18 yrs between 2 long running jobs.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors I have had a very happy life, my home life was good and my jobs were very fulfilling.
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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 More education would have been helpful.
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Additional comments When I was working at UVA, looking back, the hospital was rather primitive by today's standards. It was, looking back, more famous for the good nursing care, good equipment, etc. When I was there there was 1 ER. We boiled syringes and needles (sharpening them before this), washed and patched rubber gloves, and reused them. The I.V. solution was made up in a solution room and poured into the bottles hooked up to a long straight needle in patient's arm. First no penicillin, few medicines, boiling water in a spoon and dropping in a tablet to give a pain hypo. I remember the first miracle of penicillin on a little girl on my floor. She was dying with [Staph?] blood infection and her MD wrote to the Army and got a limited amount. We had to reconstitute it, give 1 m. every 3 hrs and sign every dose as if it were a narcotic. After I was at home 18 yrs and returned to nursing I could not believe the wonderful changes. All the disposables and meds. A lot of the patients were in beds in hallways with cloth screens around them. In the basement the wards were cold, damp, mostly with concrete floors. I wonder how anyone recovered. Worst of all, the patients were segregated racially.

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