Education; rural western Wisconsin; farm life; Tomah High School; Luther Hospital School of Nursing, Eau Claire WI; University of Wisconsin-Madison; St. Mary's Hospital, Madison; Raymond Esser; marriage and children; Eldon Anderson; UW-Madison School of Nursing; Meriter Hospital; Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA); Janet Boyd; Wisconsin Nurses Political Action Committee (WNPAC); American Nurses Association (ANA); Joseph Benforado; Cardinal Stritch University; counseling.