Record Accession Number: 1055
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Round Hill 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? No
Comments if not directly from high school worked 1 year
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities Trying to accumulate money for tuition ($85.00). Also, "spending money" for 3 yrs in nursing school.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? Other
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA sister #1 transfer from Sheltering Arms school of nursing, Richmond, Va. for senior year-graduated RN 1934 or 1935?
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA I liked it when my sister was there.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing Earned it working the year between high school and U.Va., and family sent $5 per month.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration just wanted to be a nurse
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Very interesting and educational. Our classroom was in basement of McKim Hall, which was very convenient to get to since we lived there.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions I respected them very much, I felt that they were my friends and would explain anything I didn't understand.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Roy Beazley- she taught us principles and practices of nursing which got us off to a good start. She also taught other subjects later. Ruth Berry also taught us several subjects mainly matera-medica and others. Josephine McLeod-Director of nursing education-now called dean-very special person.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience The training and subjects were thorough and taught so well. It was a great experience, we learned a lot and loved being an RN nurse.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Mostly with classmates-doing laundry, studying, shopping, buying very little. Walking over the campus, dates at intervals.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations We organized a hiking club that soon fizzled out other than that we stayed pretty busy as we did bedside nursing and less classes.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues not much
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed not much
UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory -- McKim Hall
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes I liked the privacy of my own room, but enjoyed having some friends drop in to visit, as we got together in other "all girl" rooms.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location In the hospital dining room-free! They were very good.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
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Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories much smaller, very few cars, we did a lot of walking and rode bus
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
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Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories In my senior year I was serving a term of night duty. I awoke feeling sick and unable to go on duty. The nurses Dr. Beckwith admitted me to the hospital for diagnosis. I was in a private $5 a day room on "A" ward-no charge to students. I didn't feel too bad, but many Drs. were not sure of the cause. Finally, an intern following a group of Drs. around spoke up and said "looks like my sister's chicken pox." It was.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status I was single.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background No way that I can think of.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Yes. I always had a job and liked what I did. I didn't get rich, but have done okay.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event Worked in hospital in Richmond during the war. Married in 1941, our son born in 1945. Daughter in 1948. She graduated U.Va., B.A. in 1990. (I must be getting doty.) The granddaughter (underlined) graduated UVA in 1990-Bethany Usher. the daughter attended JMU, she is patient representative for HMO.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors I was health chairman for PTA while children in school. Helped organize and present, in the school, the salk polio vaccine.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors I lost both of my sisters to cancer. Nannie McKay Boze married and lived close to U.Va. She had worked at UVA hospital OPD, I think, I was there quite a bit during her illness. She died in 1971. Isabelle became ill in less than a year and died in 1974.
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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 Low wage scale during most of the time that I worked.
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Additional comments I feel sure that chose the right profession and got the best schooling for it at U.Va. H. I did special duty while the children were in school and enjoyed every minute of it. We have attended reunions when we could and have great times there, especially our 50th in 1989 and 55th in 1994. Many thanks to that committee.

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