Matrons' Council for Great Britain and Ireland
The Matrons' Council for Great Britain and Ireland was established in 1894 during the campaign for the registration of nurses and was disbanded c.1955.[1]
Margaret Huxley (1854–1940) was a founder member.[2] as was Isla Stewart (1856-1910) [3]. Agnes Karll (1868–1927) of Germany was named an honorary member for her role in nursing reform and advancing the nursing profession.[4]
The council was represented on the Central Committee for the State Registration of Nurses in 1908.[5]
The Matrons' Council regularly reported their activities in The British Journal of Nursing up to 1956,[6] however around this time the Council disbanded[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Founding of the Royal College of Nursing". Nursing Times (London, England). 51. 21 January 1955 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage Gale.
- ^ Susan McGann, ‘Huxley, Margaret Rachel (1854–1940)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004
- ^ "After Many Days". The Nursing Record. 62 (1622). 3 May 1919.
- ^ "Agnes-Karll". www.agnes-karll-schule.de. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Abel-Smith, Brian (1960). A History of the Nursing Profession. London: Heinemann. p. 81.
- ^ "Editorial". British Journal of Nursing / The Nursing Record. 104 (2251). April 1956 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage Gale.