Record Accession Number: 1114
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Washington Home state DC
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Home town classification Large 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? No
Comments if not directly from high school U.Va. states I was too young. Worked for Navy Dept. until U.Va. wrote, stating age lowered for nursing.
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities worked 6 days a week for Navy during war.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? No
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Mother's first degree certificate Mother's first college Dismore Business College - dip
Mother's second college Mother's second degree
Mother's third college Mother's third degree
Father's first degree B.E. Father's first college
Father's second college Father's second degree
Father's third school Father's third degree
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA grandfather: law; daughter: nursing; son-in-law- Darden school of business daughter-nursing son-in-law- Darden school of business
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Mother's third occupation Father's first occupation
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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 Thought nursing program best in state. Family would not allow me to go to John's Hopkins.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing cadet nurse corps
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration interest in helping people
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Very good, except made to wear uniforms or street clothes to class. After working all night on floor alone and sleeping about 2 hours, we would wear pj's under raincoat to class so could go back to bed. Then, someone's pj's leg showed. The end!
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions very good- very professional, but had to stand when they came into room. No contact otherwise!
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Instructors and friends when morals up. We worked 8 hours plus classes, studying-lousy food. Also, Miss Mary Jane Morris, HN
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience excellent
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities 1 weekend off occasionally, so went home-worked others- were allowed one 10:30pm and one 11:45pm a week to date. On dance weekends, 1am. 8pm curfew otherwise until senior yr.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations none-no time. worked 6 day weeks
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 We really celebrated it's end! Plus student nurses ran the floors as RN's off to war.
UVA housing
Comments on housing dorm, required to, didn't have [wish?]
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes Very, very restricted and watched by 2 old biddies!
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location Hospital cafeteria-lousy food! House motherws would remove all current food stamps when allowed home for 3 wk vacation. Housemothers would remove all current food stamp when allowed home for 3 week vacation.
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail no time
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories Hot & muggy in summer-no a/c; store employees very nice; corner-great store employees very nice corner-great
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings So resticted as to where and when we could go anywhere.
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Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status none-single.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background did not have any problems ever
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Should have stayed and gotten B.S. but wanted to get back to lights of city.
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Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors Lived in rural area-no hospital-nurses worked as receptionists only in MD's offices (2 in area). No hospital until 1978
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First post-UVA job First job 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 Was nurse practitioner 1 yr. in ER. Then administration changed-MD's left and interns came so job [downward arrow]. Became NP 10 years too soon for area. Now they're accepted.
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