Record Accession Number: 1130
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Lindside Home state WV
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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
Comments if not directly from high school went to college for 2 years
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities going to school, attending church and taking part in community life, helping to keep house, cook, cleaning, etc. This was war time and activity was quite limited in my area.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Mother's first degree teaching Mother's first college Concord College, teacher
Mother's second college Mother's second degree
Mother's third college Mother's third degree
Father's first degree Father's first college
Father's second college Father's second degree
Father's third school Father's third degree
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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 I wanted to become a nurse, and I wanted to attend a well-known nursing school. WVU didn't offer such a program then, and I chose U.Va. since it was a well known hospital.
How did you finance UVA?
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Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration This was something I wanted to do, and I knew I could do a good job of it.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Difficult, but challenging. Beyond anything I had ever known about the human body. I liked my teachers for the most part and did well in class.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Very little interaction ouside the classroom. Inside they were always willing to give help. The medical doctors were more inaccessible and eager to be on their way.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact housemothers Miss Walker (forgot first name) Miss Roy Beasley head nurses on various wards and floors my classmates I got along well with my supervisory nurses, and learned much from them. They were quite firm and demanded respect and cooperation. Classes were with my own class, and we studied together and were friends. On the floors in the hospital, there were girls from all classes, and those from higher classes had more authority and we respected that. Miss Walker (forgot first name) Miss Roy Beasley head nurses on various wards and floors my classmates I got along well w/my supervisory nurses, and learned much from them. They were quite firm and demanded respect & cooperation. Classes were w/my own class, and we studied together and were friends. On the floors in the hospital, there were girls from all classes, & those from higher classes had more authority and we respected that.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience It was a time of learning and a pleasant one for the most part. There were more times of feeling down, particularly after working in the hospital for several hours, then having a particularly difficult class with exams. However, that is school- it is not always pleasant.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities This was war time in the beginning, and you spent your weekends working and at the Univ. We had only 1 day off each week, and sometimes classes on that day. I lived too far away to go home. It was a time to wash clothes, clean the room, write letters. etc.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations There was no opprtunity to participate in an extra-curricular activity or at least we did not know of any. We did go to church if we weren't working in the hospital.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues The war. When my friends would be coming home and who would be coming home. I don't remember of any interest particularly in issues at home or in the city of Charlottesville.
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UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes I became accustomed to living in a dorm while in college, so that it wasn't a big adjustment for me. There was a feeling of safety there and it was nice to have housemothers around.
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 It was a beautiful place and I loved Charlottesville. I loved the history and the buildings. When my parents came to visit we stayed in a hotel downtown, and visited historic places.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
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Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories There was a beautiful snowfall one winter, and we went out in the snow to play just like kids. Our small amount of leisure then and it was small, was spent walking downtown, going to a movie, eating at a nearby restaurant called "the Griddle" Paul at corner drug store, the book store, seeing perhaps a football game when football resumed, and a few baseball games.
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Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Definitely. My working with children and the elderly prepared me to have knowledge to care for my 2 children and for the neighborhood children who seemed to gather at our house. We had some elderly neighbors who need nursing care and they never failed to call on me to help them. This wasn't a dreaded chore, but a very tiring one at times. I felt I had made a contribution to my little neighborhood.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event My marriage to my husband whom I had known since I was 10 years old, the births of our children, my involvement in my community and church where I have been quite active until recently, his retirement from an electric utility as Personnel Supervisor after 43 years of service, the deaths of both our parents, a stroke he suffered 4 years ago, 3 back surgeries I had had since 1990 the births of our 3 grandchildren, ages 13, 6, and 3.
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Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
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