Lewis talks about her background, education and US Army service during World War II. She describes coming to UNCG, the struggle to get a nursing program placed at UNCG and the development of the program. She discusses the school's interactions with the local medical community, the move towards national accreditation, and the eventual addition of a Sigma Theta Tau chapter on campus. She recalls the first class of nursing students, the construction of the nursing building, the first male student in the program and the addition of the master's program. Subjects: Woman's College to have the first and only experimental associate degree program in the state in nursing, President Friday and Mereb Mossman persuaded her to begin a baccalaureate program; moving into the basement of the infirmary, getting a curriculum approved, Moore building, Margaret Moore, bulldozing Harriet Elliott's house, moving into the new building, celebrating accreditation, honor society in nursing, 10th anniversary, growth of master's program, working in city hospitals, students, serving on committees.