Record Accession Number: 1072
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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 |
Newport
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Home state |
VA
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| Comments on Home town and state |
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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
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| Comments if not directly from high school |
1 yr at Madison College-Harrisonburg (now JMU)
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
Reading, helping with chores, dating, Madison was all girls-that's why I came to U.Va.
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| If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? |
During
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| Was your spouse associated with UVA? |
Student
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| Mother's first degree |
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Mother's first college |
teaching certificate
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| Mother's second college |
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Mother's second degree |
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| Mother's third college |
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Mother's third degree |
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| Father's first degree |
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Father's first college |
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| Father's second college |
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Father's second degree |
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| Father's third school |
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Father's third degree |
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| Comments on parents' schooling |
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| First sister's level of schooling |
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Second sister's level of schooling |
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| Third sister's level of schooling |
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First brother's level of schooling |
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| Second brother's level of schooling |
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Third brother's level of schooling |
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| Comments on siblings' schooling |
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| Family members at UVA |
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| Comments on family members at UVA |
Sister did 1 yr post grad in education to renew certification.
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| Mother's first occupation |
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Mother's second occupation |
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Father's first occupation |
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| Date entered UVA |
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Date left UVA |
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| First other college |
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| First other degree |
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| Second other college |
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Second other concentration |
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| Second other degree |
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| Third other college |
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Third other concentration |
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| Third other degree |
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| Fourth other college |
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Fourth other concentration |
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| Fourth other degree |
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| Fifth other college |
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Fifth other concentration |
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| Fifth other degree |
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Fifth other dates of attendance |
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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 |
Wanted to become a registered nurse - knew of U.Va.'s school of nursing and it's reputaion.
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
loans, help from family
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
liked working with people-had sympathy for older members of family when they were ill-family could not afford college expenses
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
Good to excellent-several of my instructors were Johns Hopkins graduates.
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Comments on professor interactions |
Faculty was interested in students growth and education-we had some of the same professors as the med students for fundamentals.
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
Head nurses and upper classmen-some were kind and understanding, others unreasonable in their expectations and tried to make it as hard as possible. We worked 8 hours, plus class time.
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| Comments on memorable educational experience |
We learned at the bedside and from association with med students and other nurses.
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
We had very few weekends. First 2 years, 1 day a week, then 1 weekend.
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Comments on extra-curricular organizations |
none
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
The first year Dec. 7, 1941 changed all of our "issues." Our goal was to help the war efforts in many ways.
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| Comments on how interest was expressed |
rationing- our education and clinical practice was accelerated. I was put in a head nurse's position my last 6 months in training.
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| UVA housing |
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| Comments on housing |
dormitory
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| Likes and dislikes about housing |
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| Comments on likes and dislikes |
We lived together- dated together- We had a bonding that was like sisters-still do.
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
hospital cafeteria ( 1 teaspoonful of sugar per meal!).
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Interaction detail |
Had family who lived in town for a while.
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
The corner-drugstores, griddle & diner for special meals with a date or a change from hospital food (which was good).
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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 |
Going to parties, boxing matches, ball games, concerts, etc with dates when time off permitted.
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| Vivid UVA memories |
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| Comments on vivid memories |
I met my husband who was a graduate student in chemistry my second year-he loved U.Va. Had sung in glee club, was a Theta Chi, got to know all brothers, some I still keep in contact with.
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| Did marital status affect UVA experiences |
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
I have worked for most of my life except for 8 years when children were small. Retired in 1996.
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
church- garden club- raising 3 children- being a good wife
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| Personal factors that affected professional life |
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| Comments on personal factors |
My husband's sudden death in '83 after 39 years of marriage.
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| Other factors affecting life after the university |
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| Comments on other factors |
Mother lived with my family for 21 yrs- family responsibility.
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| First post-UVA job |
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| Second post-UVA job |
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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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| Barriers faced in work and volunteering |
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| Comments on barriers question |
Nurses were very underpaid for many years positions in [?] facilities had few benefits- no retirement plan.
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| Current marital status |
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| Current age range |
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| Number of children |
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| Additional comments |
My 3 children all have college degrees-2 from Uva, 1 from Mary Washington. Son had MFA and is head of the Ant. Dept. at Randolph Macon College. I lived to become a Jefferson Society member and enjoyed the wonderful experience of seeing classmates I hadn't seen since graduation. It was a wonderful occasion. I have come back several times for some of the events. Ill health and serious [osteo?]-arthritis have not allowed me to come to UVA as much as I would like. I have always been proud to have had the opportunity of being there- I am glad that the alumni assoc. recognized the diploma graduates-we worked hard and staffed the hospital.
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