Record Accession Number: 1140
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
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Home town	South Boston	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?	No
Comments if not directly from high school	I was too young for the summer class, so I worked from June until February when I entered the school
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities	family, church, friends, I am an avid reader.
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	RN	Mother's first college	Garfield Memorial Hosp.
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 sister's level of schooling		Second sister's level of schooling
Third sister's level of schooling		First brother's level of schooling
Second brother's level of schooling		Third brother's level of schooling
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Family members at UVA
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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
First other degree		First other dates of attendance
Second other college		Second other concentration
Second other degree		Second other dates of attendance
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA	A doctor friend had attended U.Va. and declared that was where I was to go.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	The Cadet Nursing Program was in effect. It paid for everything and even gave us an allowance.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	I wanted to be either a teacher or a nurse-probably chose nursing because of my mother and also my desire to help people.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	Very strict discipline- very difficult- but well worth it. Long hours of study-classes and work in hospital- one did not come to U.Va. in those days to play.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	As I have written, they were very strict but they were fair and "reachable" when you needed help-very hard on you when you messed up.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	My nursing arts instructor, Virginia Mayo. Her husband, a doctor, was with the Univ. medical unit in Europe during WWII. One of her favorite expressions was "familiarity breeds contempt"-she wasn't familiar with us, but she was fair and willing to help-but you had to mean business with her! I really appreciated that lady.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	I have never been sorry I attended U.Va. It was after I left the Univ. and worked as an RN in other hospitals that I realized what a superior education I had been given and I have always been grateful for that. It was very good.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	We had very few weekends off as student nurses, but I made many friends from all areas of the Univ. and we are still close friends to this day.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	We had an exercise class at the gym.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	As I wrote, I am an avid reader, and have always kept up with national and international news.
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed	Just shared concerns-but there wasn't really much time to join any groups
UVA housing
Comments on housing	Dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	I was in a new building-McKim Hall, and it was very nice.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail	A lady who had been a patient of mine owned a farm with horses and let us ride with her.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	It was so beautiful- at all changes of season, but especially Spring and Fall. It was so small then, we could walk through the grounds, and be in the woods in a short time.
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	In my day the nursing school did not seem to be so much a part, but when I visited a few years ago I felt that had changed for the better.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	Most Universities, because of size, can be very impersonal. But I love people and I met so many people at U.Va. that I will never forget- doctors, patients, students. It seems to me it was a "gentler, kinder" world in those days. In spite of growing up in Southern Va which had its prejudices, I have always had good experiences with black people and though they were segregated in the hospital in our time, they were by far our favorite patients.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
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Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	As already written, I love people - color of skin or ethinc backgound means nothing to me. What matters is what kind of people are they on the inside. I had good experiences- in the end, all any of have to do is follow the golden rule and we will all do well.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	I received a superior educationin the School of Nursing -it really showed when I worked with nurses who came from other schools- no comparison. I pray the Univ. will never lower it's standards.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	My marriage to an Opthamologist and raising 5 children.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors	I didn't work as an RN after I married.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors	We were constantly reminded that our only reason for being a part of the hospital was the patient. We were taught respect for every life-I'm afraid we lost that respect what with abortion and "mercy killing" that value has greatly declined.
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First post-UVA volunteer position		First volunteer 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	When you run a voluntary shuttle service-one is not bothered by huge bureaucracies which I believe is the biggest problem.
Current marital status
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Current age range
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Number of children
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Additional comments	The present admin. in Washington is just a mirror of how the standards of decency and morality-honesty, integrity, have almost disappeared from our national life. Moral relativism has been taught in our school for years. It is an abyss and leaves nothing to hang on to. No wonder our young people take their lives. I pray the Univ. will not go by the questionable polls of public opinion-which change with the wind. But will maintain high standards of behavior and effort from their staff and students and become an answer to the problem of this nation and not a part of the problem. Thanks for letting me get on my soap box.
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