Record Accession Number: 1139
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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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 [Ferrum?] Jr. College
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities school and working
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? During
Comments on time of marriage had finished school, but was employed there.
Was your spouse associated with UVA? Student
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Mother's second college Mother's second degree
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA Caroline D. Walker-Education; Clarence Ray Walker - Business Clarence Ray Walker- Business
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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 it's rating and availability.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing parents, working, and cadet corp
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration life long desire
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences good
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions The directors and nursing instructors who taught us were professionals-knowledgable and wanted each student to be the best he or she could be.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact instructors, housemothers, and classmates
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience positive
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities working or home- 8 miles away
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations I was Pres. of student govt. during my senior year.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
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How interest in issues was expressed
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UVA housing
Comments on housing Dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes no problems
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital dining room
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail Through caring for those who were admitted to the hospital.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories Everything was smaller then- less complicated and congested. Nurses wore white and had to pass inspection-dress code. Males at U.Va. wore coats and ties.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
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Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories No one thing. We studied hard and worked hard. Each day presented challenging cases and cares. Due to the absence of many Drs. and nurses who joined the armed forces, as students we tried to do our part for the war effort in their absence.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status not married until after I graduated
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background As a senior I was head nurse on "F" ward, which was a 30 bed unit for colored males. They received the same nursing care as those patients who were on the Barringer Wings. I still remember their gratitude.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Yes, It helped in rearing my children and enabled me to offer skills to family and friends.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event After leaving U.Va. and 3 children grown and finished college, I took a refresher course at J. Sargeant Reynolds Comm. College and worked afterwards for 15 years. Retired at 70.
Personal factors that affected professional life
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Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors Nursing has meant so much to me-it's difficult to put it into words.
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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 nurses were never paid enough.
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