Record Accession Number: 1052
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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 |
Charlottesville
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Home state |
VA
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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? |
No
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| Comments if not directly from high school |
Randolph Macon Women's College-1937, Mary Washington College - 1938
Mary Washington College-1938
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
high school-public speaking, church youth group, working at U.Va. Hospital Record Room
church youth group
working at UVA hospital record room
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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 |
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Mother's first college |
high school
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| Date entered UVA |
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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 |
Location was convenient to my home, association with the hospital due to summer work.
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
Work-study type of nursing program, small amt of help from family.
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
I was familiar with the hospital and needed to learn some way of supporting myself.
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
Miss Mabel Montgomery RN, & Miss Roy Beasley RN were excellent. The MD's who taught us were also good most of the time (some were a bit condescending).
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Comments on professor interactions |
Excellent in the case of the RN teachers, hardly applicable in the case of the MD's.
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
I loved the operating room. We scrubbed and assisted in those days. Dr. Morton was much revered by many of us. I also liked delivery room on obstetrics ( I was working in there Dec. 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was bombed).
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| Comments on memorable educational experience |
Because we lived and worked in a more or less closed community at that time, a closeness and feeling of kinship which I imagine is no longer present in the School of Nursing.
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
If I had time off, I often attended church or went for long walks (stores weren't open on Sundays at that time).
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Comments on extra-curricular organizations |
There were no exta curricular oragnizations of any consequence for us. I had been in everything in high school, but in nursing school we were there to work.
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
Cannot recall anything of significance.
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| Comments on how interest was expressed |
Cannot recall.
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| UVA housing |
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| Comments on housing |
Nurse's dormitory.
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
In the hospital dining room for student RN's.
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Interaction detail |
I attended church and youth group when possible.
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
It was a lovely small town-beautiful geographically and culturally.
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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 |
1939-42 We were discouraged from attending the dances, etc that were held on campus, because our work schedules were so strenuous.
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| Did marital status affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of marital status |
Not applicable in my opinion. I was single. Student nurses were expelled if they married and it was found out.
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of cultural background |
I was a WASP, I fitted in but didn't have the money or time to do much except in a very limited way socially.
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
Yes, I joined the Army in Sept.,1942 and went overseas with the 8th Evauation Hospital (an affiliated unit from U.Va.). I came home in Feb, 1946 a seasoned RN.
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
WWII changed my life completely. I went overseas to Africa for 3.5 years and Italy. I came back a mature, cultured woman.
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| Comments on other factors |
WWII. After the war I further studied anesthesia. I met and married a professional engineer. We have had 50 yrs of fascinating times around the country.
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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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| Comments on barriers question |
I became a nurse anethetist and served overseas in WWII with the 8th Evacuation Hospital which was organized at U.Va. in 1942. I was in the Army 3.5 years overseas. There have been many barriers. I have always fought quietly for equality.
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