Today we can share the stories of three women who spent time as nurses. Firstly, Dorothy Turner and Margot Lilian Lee-Potter, who were both from Batley in Yorkshire and served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Their stories can be found here. We have also added Ella Hay, who worked at the Fleming Memorial Hospital and whose story is here.Don't forget we welcome stories at any time, we just ask that they fulfil our criteria. We can also suggests names that need researching if you don't want to w
We have just uploaded eight stories of staff and patients from the Fleming Memorial Children's Hospital in Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne. You can meet Lilian Bell, Annie Binks, Esther Hartley, Lily Hymers, Amelia Pressly, Jessie Russell, Margery Sample and Margaret Scott. Their stories can be found here. As a result of the Forgotten Women Friday research, we have also received several shorter stories from this institution, which will be added later.
The stories from Friday's Forgotten Women Friday event are starting to come in. You can now read about Norah Penelope Adamson, Marian Barker, Margaret Cameron, Evelyn Altham Jackson, Frances Emma Ludlam, Jane Short and Euphemia Wright. We have also received some shorter stories that will be put together later. The stories can be found here.The Former Fleming Hospital - Image from Geograph used under Creative Commons.
Florence Nightingale:
"She was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. via @wikipedia
Books by Florence Nightingale at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4370
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