Record Accession Number: 1093
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
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Home town	army brat - no home town or st	Home state
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Home town classification	army post
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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	I spent a year at McCalester College St. Paul, Minn. then joined my family in St. John's Nfld. briefly kept secret files for the US army there, did volunteer work till Dec. 1941.
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities	school and helping with my young brothers and post activities
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA?
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Mother's first degree	certification in music	Mother's first college	Ouachita College - certificate
Mother's second college		Mother's second degree
Mother's third college		Mother's third degree
Father's first degree	no degree	Father's first college
Father's second college		Father's second degree
Father's third school		Father's third degree
Comments on parents' schooling
First sister's level of schooling		Second sister's level of schooling
Third sister's level of schooling		First brother's level of schooling
Second brother's level of schooling		Third brother's level of schooling
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Family members at UVA
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Mother's first occupation		Mother's second occupation
Mother's third occupation		Father's first occupation
Father's second occupation		Father's third occupation
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Date entered UVA		Date left UVA
First other college		First other concentration
First other degree		First other dates of attendance
Second other college		Second other concentration
Second other degree		Second other dates of attendance
Third other college		Third other concentration
Third other degree		Third other dates of attendance
Fourth other college		Fourth other concentration
Fourth other degree		Fourth other dates of attendance
Fifth other college		Fifth other concentration
Fifth other degree		Fifth other dates of attendance
Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA	My family was briefly in Va when I insisted on entering nursing school and U.Va. seemed the best available school.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	Family financed it until the cadet nurse corps began.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	I always wanted to be a nurse.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	Effective. I learned a great deal in more ways than one.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	Just fine- I was very fond of them.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	Miss Cover- she had the most to do with us. She was a wonderful tough teacher.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	The variety was exciting and the nerve racking responsibility.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	Writing letters (it was war time) and visiting roomate's family in Ivy.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	very little
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	the war
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed	Remembering that mail is often more vital than food to sodiers and sailers, I wrote to a great many.
UVA housing
Comments on housing	Dormitory, other: Nurse's Quarters
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	I had good roomates with whom I am still in touch.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	Nurses dining room.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail	Visited the family of the roommate living in Ivy.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	not much
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	mostly hospital community
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	this would require volumes
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status	none
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	none that I can think of
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	Absolutely! I'm a nurse and have been told I'm a good one.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	I married shortly after leaving.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors	I worked sporadically, having 4 children to care for.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors	Can't think of any.
First post-UVA job		First job dates
Second post-UVA job		Second job dates
Third post-UVA job		Third job dates
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First post-UVA volunteer position		First volunteer dates
Second post-UVA volunteer position		Second volunteer dates
Third post-UVA volunteer position		Third volunteer 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
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Additional comments	I can't think of a nicer place to have been.
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