Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Matrons' Council of Great Britain and Ireland
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10 December 1887: Mrs Ethel Fenwick, with twenty-nine hospital...
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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.
McGann, Susan. The Battle of the Nurses: A Study of Eight Women who Influenced the Development of Professional Nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari, 1992.
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1894: Isla Stewart established the Matrons' Council,...
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1894
Isla Stewart
established the Matrons' Council
, an organization devoted to attaining a register of nurses. She also served as its president.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
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July 1894: Mrs Ethel Fenwick and Isla Stewart began...