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.
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.
July 1894: Mrs Ethel Fenwick and Isla Stewart began...
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July 1894
1902: The Society for the State Registration of...
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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
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