Record Accession Number: 1137
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| First UVA program |
NURS
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Second UVA program |
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| Comments on UVA programs |
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| Home town |
Brookmeal
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Home state |
VA
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| Comments on Home town and state |
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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
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| Comments if not directly from high school |
Attended State Teacher's College-now Longwood
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
growing up i.e., going to school, helping in home and on farm, participating in church community.
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| 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 |
diploma
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Mother's first college |
Lynchburg College
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Mother's second degree |
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Mother's third degree |
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| Father's first degree |
B.A.
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| Family members at UVA |
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| Mother's first occupation |
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| Date entered UVA |
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| First other college |
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| Comments on college experiences |
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| Why did you choose UVA? |
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| Comments on choice to attend UVA |
good reputations, reasonable cost, offered what I wanted to study.
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
paid by parents
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
lifelong interest in nursing-also desire to do something to help others
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
very good
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Comments on professor interactions |
varied and interesting
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
staff and faculty: because they either taught (at hospital or in classroom) or set an example of excellence in the medical profession which was above average.
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| Comments on memorable educational experience |
it was good
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
ofetn working or attending church and socializing with friends
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Comments on extra-curricular organizations |
BSU (Baptist Student Union) helped reinforce values I'd learned at home and provided wholesome social contacts.
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
Mostly we were grateful WWII ended just as we entered nursing school. The transition from military to civilian economy and society were prominent concerns.
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| Comments on how interest was expressed |
Not much-life was very full as a student
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| UVA housing |
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| Comments on housing |
Dormitory
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| Likes and dislikes about housing |
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| Comments on likes and dislikes |
very comfortable
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
in hospital cafeteria
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Interaction detail |
at church, formed lifetime friendships
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
beautiful area, growing rapidly, safe, exciting events on and off grounds
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| Did you feel part of UVA community? |
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Did you feel part of community? |
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| Incidents that caused these community feelings |
comraderie at "the corner," friends from other schools of University, usual college activity.
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| Vivid UVA memories |
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| Comments on vivid memories |
There were many-Miss Beasley telling us "there is no job so lowly that it can't be done with dignity, as long as it is honest." The special spirit among staff and patients in the hospital at Christmas time.
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| Did marital status affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of marital status |
I was young, unmarried, free to give undivided attention to studies and patients
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of cultural background |
Although I'd known many black people as I grew up, it wasn't until I worked many weeks on C ward (colored women's) and became their servant that I found out there really isn't a great deal of difference between us.
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
Yes, although I did not practice very long professionally, my nursing background had prepared me for my role as nurturer and caregiver to many family members, and what mother doesn't need nursing skils?
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
My 46 year marriage to a stable, wise, and caring husband. He recognized my right to be my own person and together we reared 3 fine sons.
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| Other factors affecting life after the university |
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| Comments on other factors |
see #36
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| First post-UVA job |
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| First post-UVA volunteer position |
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| Do you think of yourself as a career woman? |
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| Current marital status |
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| Number of children |
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| Additional comments |
My years at U.Va. broadened my perspective and gave me a good foundation to help cope with whatever life gave me to deal with.
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