Rosalind Paget

Standard Name: Paget, Rosalind

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Sophie Veitch
SV 's elder sister, Zepherina Philadelphia (whose name on marriage became Smith), was born on 1 April 1836 at Sopley in Hampshire. After the family returned from Palestine she became successively an early student at...
Family and Intimate relationships Eleanor Rathbone
Another of ER 's cousins, Rosalind Paget , was a nurse at the London Hospital and became a co-founder of the Midwives' Institute (Royal College of Midwives ), which was established in 1881.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Dame (Mary) Rosalind Paget

Timeline

1880: The Matrons' Aid or Trained Midwives' Registration...

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1880

The Matrons' Aid or Trained Midwives' Registration Society was founded in London by Louisa M. Hubbard .
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
99-101
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
165
Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
27-8
Leap, Nicky, and Billie Hunter. The Midwife’s Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife. Scarlet Press, 1993.
2-3
There is discrepancy over the date the Society was founded: Donnison and Towler give...

1887: The Midwives' Institute developed a library...

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1887

The Midwives' Institute developed a library and the first midwifery journal.
Towler, Jean. Midwives in History and Society. Croom Helm, 1986.
166
Donnison, Jean. Midwives and Medical Men: A History of Inter-Professional Rivalries and Women’s Rights. Schocken Books, 1977.
107

1895: Rosalind Paget and Lucy Robinson formed the...

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1895

Rosalind Paget and Lucy Robinson formed the Society of Trained Masseuses .
Ward, Audrey. “Physiotherapy”. Careers of Professional Women, edited by Rosalie Silverstone and Audrey Ward, Croom Helm, 1980.
166, 169
Rivers, John. Dame Rosalind Paget, 1855-1948: A Short Account of Her Life and Work. Midwives Chronicle, 1981.
57

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