Geneva Cox Boykin oral history interview , May 28, 2014
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Traci Drummond and Judy Clary. Boykin discusses her family, childhood, and young adulthood in south Alabama. She talks about her time as a student at Grady and at DePaul, and her work as a nurse. She and Judy Clary discuss the similarities and differences between their experiences as nursing students at Grady (Clary attended the school twenty years after Boykin). Boykin describes her relationships with coworkers, who were often surprised by her assertiveness. She also discusses a gospel-record business she and her husband operated.
Dates
- Creation: May 28, 2014
Restrictions on Access
Oral history available for research.
Biographical Note
Geneva Cox Boykin was born in Bay Minette, Ala. Her father worked in farming and later in a turpentine plant. Her mother was a homemaker. Boykin attended Baldwin County Training School in Daphne, Ala. and enrolled in Grady Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta in 1948. After graduating from Grady, Boykin moved to Chicago to pursue a master's degree at DePaul University and to work as a nurse at Northwestern University Hospital. She later married and returned to Atlanta, taking a job teaching at Grady School of Nursing. After the school closed in 1982, Boykin worked as a nurse in various organizations in the Atlanta area.
Extent
2 item(s) (audio (2:40:40 duration), transcript)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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