Record Accession Number: 1106
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Charlottesville Home state VA
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Home town classification Small city
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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 Church, high school activities (basketball, glee club (girls Hi-Y), student council, school subjects.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? During
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Was your spouse associated with UVA?
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Mother's second college Mother's second degree
Mother's third college Mother's third degree
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA older sister- School of Nursing; Head Nurses, Miss Scott; Some doctors: Dr. Byrd Leavell; Dr. William Wood; Dr. Cato Drash; Dr. Henry Mulholland (all the epitome of professionalism);Miss Virginia Drumheller, RN; Miss Smith, RN, asst. Dir of nurses
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Date entered UVA Date left UVA
First other college First other concentration
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA Most economical
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing US Army Cadet Corps
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Lifetime ambition since I was 5 years of age. I had an aunt (a RN who was my mentor).
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences hard, grueling
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions non-existent
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Dir. of Nurses, Miss Virginia Walker Head Nurses, Miss Scott Some doctors, Dr. Byrd Leavell, Dr. William Wood, Dr. Cato Drash, Dr. Henry Mulholland-all the epitome of professionalism. Miss Virginia Drumheller, RN Miss Smith, RN, asst. Dir/ of nurses
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience Extremely hard since I had to attend classes after having worked an 8 hour shift of night duty.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities With my boyfriend, girlfriends (movies, walking), going home with girlfriends, church
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations girls glee club, made me appreciate music more and people like directors.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues WWII rations
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed none
UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory, rooming house
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes accepted it
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
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Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories Small, in throes of WWII, (rationing food, gas, sugar, meat).
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings segregation of male, female
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories I was 17 years old when I entered U.Va. I was young, inexperienced, and my most significant experience was that of meeting people from other parts of the state and country and getting to know them on a more intimate basis. Some of whom I correspond with today.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status I eloped while a student. Since we were not supposed to marry (and I did) my nursing director would not allow me to graduate with my class even though I had just finished my clinical and educational studies. Through the efforts of Dr. Henry Mulholand and board, I was allowed to receive my RN 6 months later.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background I was Caucasion, Southern, and a female. Through my work experience with many blacks I learned to appreciate them as individuals and as a race. It made me ashamed of segregation as I knew it in the forties.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness No. I did not receive the classroom experience that I needed to face the challenges of asserting myself. We worked for the state of Va. And were given too many responsibilities that a graduate R.N. should have had.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event My strong personality for one. My motivational skills to seel further educational opportunities. I went on to take evening classes in the School of Continuing Education & eventually earn a BA degree in Sociology, Psychology from Mary Balwin College.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors My strong religious beliefs and a faith that kept me going.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors My involvement with activities in school (PTA), church, and family, and volunteerism.
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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 Opposition from superiors. In retrospect, I feel that I had to fight for every change that was initiated. For instance, I was doing menial chores that a secretary should have done. I did not receive compensation or benefits for major responsibilities that I had to assume.
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Additional comments The downsize (downside?) of my career at U.Va. was that the state used us as student nurses without pay for major responsibilitie i.e. being charge nurses for evening and night shifts with little or no help. Also, I felt that I had not stood up for myself (and for getting assistance) no one in the hierarchy of nursing or administration or medical field supported me. Of course there were incidents, several, that I got moral support from the administration. However, the hospital, in my opinion, was dominated by physicians. I do thank the administration for paying for my classes in continuing education to further my educational opportunities. However, there was not a clinical developer to assist me (or others) in our professional endeavors to better ourselves. Our evaluations were based on the same ones given to secretaries, and they meant little.

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