Ethel Gordon Fenwick
Standard Name: Fenwick, Ethel Gordon
Used Form: Ethel Manson
Used Form: E. G. F.
Used Form: Ethel Bedford Fenwick
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1 April 1878
Spring 1881
Nurse Ethel Manson
became Matron of St Bartholomew's Hospital
and soon took over the training of nurses.
1885
Matron Ethel Manson
developed the St Bartholomew's Hospital Trained Nurses' Institute
to protect nurses' rights and independence.
June 1887
Isla Stewart
became the Matron of St Bartholomew's Hospital
.
10 December 1887
Mrs Ethel Fenwick
, with twenty-nine hospital matrons, officially named and founded the British Nurses' Association
; this was the first organized attempt by nurses to improve the status of their profession.
July 1894
1902
The Society for the State Registration of Trained Nurses
was founded with women's activist Louisa Stevenson
as president, former Matrons' Council
president Isla Stewart
as vice-president, and former Royal British Nurses' Association
president Ethel Gordon Fenwick
December 1919
The passing of the Registration of Nurses Act marked the successful completion by Ethel Fenwick
, founder of the International Council of Nurses
, of her campaign with the Society for the State Registration of Trained Nurses
.
May 1926
The British College of Nurses
was established, with Ethel Fenwick
as president and her husband Dr Bedford Fenwick
as treasurer.