Record Accession Number: 1109
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Madison Heights Home state VA
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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? Yes
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Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities school, church, basketball, music, 4-H club, farming-helping grandparents, knitting
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
Comments on time of marriage the first time- before returning to UVA in 1959
Was your spouse associated with UVA? No
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Mother's first degree diploma Mother's first college Piedmont Business College, Dip
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 Great-grandfather: I was told by grandparent that my great grandfather George W. Huff attended UVA, after the Civil War. I remember a picture of his class on steps of Rotunda. I have not been able to obtain a record of this. He taught school in Amherst Co.
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First other college First other concentration
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Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA Because of the good reputation. State school, I felt that I had connections. My friends in high school were interested in attending.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing Parents and US nurses cadet corps
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration I'm not sure, I wanted to be a public school teacher. I had enrolled at Randolph Macon women's college. I became a clinical instructor in nursing with local school system.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences 1943-46-diploma program-excellent instruction by professors of nursing. Doctors in their special fields. Many science classes with med. students. 1959-60- B.S nursing- Univ. profs. psychology, religion, radio & tv
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions very professional
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Miss Roy Beazley- first nursing arts instructor, later Dir. of nursing hospital School of Nursing; Mrs. Mildred Mawyer RN-nursing service office - an excellent nurse. Very loyal and compassionate-a credit to her profession; Dr. Dudley Smith- professor of dermatology & syphilology. First to study use of penicillin & tracing contacts in syphylis cases in Va. I was a student on his team in D&S clinic in 1945. Mrs. Mildred Mawyer RN-nursing service office an excellent nurse. Very loyal and compassionate-a credit to her profession. Dr. Dudley Smith- prof of [alematology?] & syphilology. First to study use of penicillin & tracing contacts in syphylis cases in Va. I was a student on his team in D&S clinic in 1945.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience Excellent-I was well prepared for my career field.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities 1943-46: our schedules included weekends in the hospital. First year cleaning patient units, Later assigned 8 hours of duty with one am and one pm. 6 hours off.
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UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory, rooming house, at home
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Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital 1943-46, at home 1959-60
Did you interact outside of UVA?
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Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories 1940- the corner. We could not cross the street in uniform, the railroad station, downtown, Mrs. [Yowell's?] dress shop. Walked everywhere, the churches.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
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Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status 1959-60- had 2 children- step son in high school and 5 yr. old at Ridge Lawn school, lived in Crozet. Made a lot of trips back and forth to comply with all schedules. The entire family was with me. Husband had job at Morton Frozen Foods in order for me to attend U.Va.
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Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Yes, I feel that I had the best possible education for nursing and life in general.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event The birth of our daughter in 1962. The death of my parents and brother. Moving to Tidewater, Va., becoming a charter member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church Portsmouth, Va. We are still active members after 35 years. My son's move to Huntington Beach, CA. My daughter and family moving to Houston,Tx. The birth of our grandchildren.
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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 I taught nursing for 40 years. I always though that my pay was less than the male's salary, doing the same job. I felt that my Va state retirement is less than it should be.
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Additional comments I am referring to 2 schools at U.Va. First, diploma program nursing 1943-46. Member of US cadet nursing corps. I didn't go home for 6 months because we didn't have time off. Only an am 6 hours or a pm 6 hours a week, no one believes this, but it is true. The first year we were either on duty or in the classroom from 7 am until 7 pm. The wards and private floors were staffed with students. Senior students were in charge, nurses on a lot of floors. The 8th evacuation unit had taken a lot of doctors and nurses from the staff. I felt that we were really used for service-on the job training. We were on duty at 7, had to finish assignment and report off by 9. Classes started at 9:30 am. If we were late the dorms were locked. A lot of classes were held with med students-microbiology, anatomy, and physiology lab when I graduated in Sept, 1946. I immediately became a head nurse in the premature nursery. During this time I did not feel a part of the Univ. 1959-60- As a full time student I was only in hospital for lab. My classes were on the grounds with other UVA students. I was busy with my family, but I felt that I was a part of the UVA community. In May 1996 I returned to the Univ. and became a member of the TJ Society of the alumni for 50 years of service to UVA.

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