Record Accession Number: 1141
First UVA program	NURS	Second UVA program
Comments on UVA programs
Home town	Orange	Home state	VA
Comments on Home town and state
Home town classification	Small town
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High school classification	Public
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Was your high school co-ed?	Yes
Comments on Co-ed high school
Did you come directly from high school to UVA?	No
Comments if not directly from high school	Went to Mary Wash. College for a year and worked in a law firm as a secretary and receptionist.
Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities	being part of a caring family circle, church activities, reading and horseback riding.
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA?	After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA?	Student
Comments on spouses association with UVA
Mother's first degree		Mother's first college	Farmville State Teacher's Coll
Mother's second college	U.Va.	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
Comments on siblings' schooling
Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA	Charles Saunders - Engineering; Lelia Saunders Barks- Nursing; Martha Saunders Nowak- Education Lelia Saunders Barks- Nursing Martha Saunders Nowak- Education
Mother's first occupation		Mother's second occupation
Mother's third occupation		Father's first occupation
Father's second occupation		Father's third occupation
Comments on parents' occupations
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
Third other college		Third other concentration
Third other degree		Third other dates of attendance
Fourth other college		Fourth other concentration
Fourth other degree		Fourth other dates of attendance
Fifth other college		Fifth other concentration
Fifth other degree		Fifth other dates of attendance
Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA	Offered well known and respected School of Nursing.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing	I was in the last class of US Nurse cadet Corps.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration	My favorite aunt was a nurse who inspired me.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences	excellent
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions	friendly, but distant
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact	Roy Beasley, because she embodied all I thought a nurse should be.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience	very stimulating and challenging
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities	I oftentimes was assigned to hospital floor duty, socialized and attended church.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations	I was not enouraged to participate and found nursing program studies and hospital work consumed most of my time.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues	State and national politics and following the WWII news.
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed	I wrote letters to my state and congressional representatives and discussed current war news.
UVA housing
Comments on housing	Dormitory
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes	I found no fault and enjoyed dorm life. My private room was a joy.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location	hospital dining room
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail	Through church participation and family friends living in Charlottesville.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories	It was and is so beautiful at all times of the year. It was a bustling and thriving "big" small town. There was a [disquieting?] yet strengthening I got from the nearby mountains.
Did you feel part of UVA community?		Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings	Shopping in local stores and attending concerts and sporting events.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories	I vividly remember being alone and charge nurse on the colored men's floor in the basement of the hospital at night and realizing the enormity of my situation. When a patient called "nurse" I was "it". This does not reflect my general experience at the Univ.
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
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Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background	None, I felt as if I fit right in.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness	Yes, I have always felt at ease in any company anywhere of the world. I have been fortunate to have traveled on 5 continents.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event	The births of my 2 daughters, my marriage, and the U.Va. graduations of my daughters.
Personal factors that affected professional life
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Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors	My proximity of the College of W & M and Colonial Willamsburg- my volunteer service.
First post-UVA job		First job dates
Second post-UVA job		Second job dates
Third post-UVA job		Third job dates
Comments on post-UVA jobs
First post-UVA volunteer position		First volunteer dates
Second post-UVA volunteer position		Second volunteer dates
Third post-UVA volunteer position		Third volunteer dates
Comments on volunteering
Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
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Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question	Most salaries have not been equal to responsibility level.
Current marital status
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Current age range
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Number of children
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Current employment status
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