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Businesses (3)
- Beatrice Helen Jordan, midwife Leicester, Leicestershire
- Constance Avison, midwife Yorkshire and the Humber;Nottinghamshire
- M B King, midwife Yorkshire, West Riding
Organisations (187)
- 1930 Fund for the Benefit of District Nurses
- 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Canada
- Association of Hospital Matrons
- Bacup District Nursing Society Bacup, Lancashire
- Blackridge and District Nursing Association, West Lothian West Lothian
- Booth Hall Hospital, Manchester Manchester, Lancashire
- Bradford Royal Infirmary Bradford, Yorkshire
- Bradford War Hospital Bradford, Yorkshire
- Brighton Central Association for Nursing the Sick Poor Brighton, Sussex
- Bristol Royal Infirmary Bristol, Gloucestershire
- British Commonwealth Nurses War Memorial Fund
- British Journal of Nursing and Society for State Registration
- British Red Cross Society London
- Bromley Health Authority Bromley, Kent
- Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon Coulsdon, Surrey
- Caterham Dene Mental Hospital Caterham, Surrey
- Central Midwives Board
- Central Midwives Board: Scotland Scotland
- Chase Farm Hospital Enfield, Middlesex
- Colindale Hospital Colindale, Middlesex
- Commonwealth Nurses Federation
- Commonwealth Nursing Federation
- Comparative Study of Nurses' Training 1930-1949 Oral History Project
- Comrie District Nursing Asoociation Comrie, Perthshire
- Contact, Contagion and Communication: The Role of the Nurse in Relation To Tuberculosis, 1930-1970 Oral History Project
- Cranage Hall Hospital Cranage, Cheshire
- Crichton Royal Hospital, Dumfries Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
- Department of Health, Infant Welfare, Palestine Palestine
- Derby Hospitals Committee Derby, Derbyshire
- East End Maternity Hospital, Stepney Stepney, Middlesex
- East Sussex County Nursing Association
- Eastbourne Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital Eastbourne, Sussex
- Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Edgeware Hendon District School of Nursing
- Edgeware School of Midwifery
- Edwina Mountbatten House, care home, Romsey Romsey, Hampshire
- English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
- European Federation of Nurses Association
- Fever Nursing: Royal College of Nursing Oral History Project
- Florence Nightingale Foundation
- Gender, Migration and the Experience of Mental Health Nursing in Post War England Oral History Project
- General Nursing Council for England and Wales
- General Nursing Council for Scotland Scotland
- Glasgow Royal Infirmary School of Nursing Oral History Project Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Gogarburn Hospital Gogar, Midlothian
- Guy's Hospital Nurses' League London
- Hampshire County Council Hampshire;Hampshire
- Harperbury Hospital
- Hertfordshire College of Health Care Studies Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire
- History of Nursing Society: Scottish branch
- Horton General Hospital, Banbury Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Hospital for Women, Soho Square, London Soho, Middlesex
- Hypatia Trust Penzance, Cornwall
- Infectious Hospitals Matrons and Nurses Association
- Institution of Nursing Sisters
- International Academy of Nursing Editors
- International Commission on Occupational Health
- International Council of Nurses, London
- Isle of Lewis District Nursing Oral History Project Scotland
- King's College of Household and Social Science London
- Lady Minto's Indian Nurses Association India
- Leavesden Mental Hospital, Abbots Langley Leavesden, Hertfordshire;Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
- Leicester General Hospital Leicester, Leicestershire
- Leith Hospital Leith, Midlothian
- Leith Jubilee Nurses Association Leith, Midlothian
- London County Council London
- London Fever Hospital, Islington Islington, Middlesex
- London University London
- Lothian College of Nursing, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Lowestoft and North Suffolk Hospital Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Manchester, Lancashire
- McMaster University Canada;Hamilton, Ontario
- Metropolitan and National Nursing Association
- Metropolitan Asylums Board London
- Middlesex Hospital Nurses League
- Mid-Hertfordshire School of Nursing Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire
- Ministry of Health
- National Association of State Enrolled Nurses
- National Board for Training and Education in Scotland Scotland
- National Council of Nurses
- National Temperence Hospital London
- Nation's Fund for Nurses
- Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Norwich, Norfolk
- Norfolk College of Nursing and Midwifery
- Norland Nursery Training College
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Nurses Anti-Vivisection Movement
- Old Aberdeen Cowdray Club Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Oldham School of Nursing Oldham, Lancashire
- Oxford Brookes University Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Perceptions of Change: District Nursing in Scotland Oral History
- Prestonpans and Cockenzie Nursing Association Prestonpans, East Lothian;Cockenzie, East Lothian
- Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham Tottenham, Middlesex
- Princess Christian British Red Cross Hospital Englefield Green, Surrey
- Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
- Queen Margaret College, University of Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline, Fife
- Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses
- Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses: Galashiels branch Galashiels, Selkirkshire
- Queens Institute of District Nursing
- Queen's Nursing Institute London
- Queen's Nursing Institute of Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Queen's University, Belfast Belfast, County Antrim
- Radcliffe School of Nursing, Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Radical Nurses Group
- Ranyard Mission and Ranyard Nurses London
- Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital Bournemouth, Hampshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Bedford and District Branch
- Royal College of Nursing London
- Royal College of Nursing (Public Health Section): Preston branch Preston, Lancashire
- Royal College of Nursing Library and Archive Service
- Royal College of Nursing Oral History Project
- Royal College of Nursing: Aberdeen branch Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Belfast branch Belfast, County Antrim
- Royal College of Nursing: Camberwell branch Camberwell, Surrey
- Royal College of Nursing: Coventry branch Coventry, Warwickshire
- Royal College of Nursing: East Midlands Regional Board East Midlands
- Royal College of Nursing: Eastern Region East of England
- Royal College of Nursing: Edinburgh branch Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal College of Nursing: Hartlepool branch Hartlepool, Durham
- Royal College of Nursing: Lanarkshire branch Lanarkshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Lancaster branch Lancaster, Lancashire
- Royal College of Nursing: Leamington and District Branch Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Leeds branch Leeds, Yorkshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Leicestershire branch Leicestershire
- Royal College of Nursing: London Region London
- Royal College of Nursing: Manchester branch Manchester, Lancashire
- Royal College of Nursing: North and West Grampian branch
- Royal College of Nursing: North of England North West;North East
- Royal College of Nursing: North West Region North West
- Royal College of Nursing: Northern Ireland branch
- Royal College of Nursing: Northern Irish Board Belfast, County Antrim
- Royal College of Nursing: Northern Region Board
- Royal College of Nursing: Plymouth branch Plymouth, Devon
- Royal College of Nursing: Scotland Scotland
- Royal College of Nursing: South East Regional Board
- Royal College of Nursing: South West Regional Board
- Royal College of Nursing: Swansea branch Swansea, Glamorgan
- Royal College of Nursing: Wales Wales
- Royal College of Nursing: West Midlands Regional Board West Midlands
- Royal College of Nursing: Winchester branch Winchester, Hampshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Wolverhampton branch Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Royal College of Nursing: Worthing branch Worthing, Sussex
- Royal College of Nursing: Yorkshire and Humber Region Yorkshire and the Humber
- Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Royal Medico-Psychological Association
- Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses
- Royal Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Royal Scottish National Institution
- Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Salisbury Infirmary Salisbury, Wiltshire
- School of Midwifery, Barnet Barnet, Hertfordshire
- Society of Mental Nurses
- Society of Registered Male Nurses
- South Bank University, London London
- South Glamorgan School of Nursing Cardiff, Glamorgan
- South Lothian College of Nursing
- Southend-on-Sea School of Nursing
- Southern General Hospital, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- St Bartholomew's Hospital Nurses League
- St George's Hospital Medical School, London London
- St James Hospital, Wandsworth Wandsworth, Surrey
- St Mary Abbott's Hospital, Kensington Kensington, Middlesex
- St Stephens Hospital, Chelsea
- St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Lambeth, Surrey
- Surbiton and District Nursing Association Surbiton, Surrey
- United Manchester Hospitals Manchester, Lancashire
- United Norwich Hospitals
- United Oxford Hospitals Oxford, Oxfordshire
- University College Hospital, London London
- University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta;Canada
- Walton Hospital, Liverpool Liverpool, Lancashire
- Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, Wales
- West Hertford County Hospital
- West Hertfordshire School of Nursing and Midwifery Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire
- West London Hospital, Hammersmith Hammersmith, Middlesex
- Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Western Infirmary, Glasgow Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Westminster Hospital Westminster, Middlesex
- Westminster Hospital Nurses' League Westminster, Middlesex
- Whittington Hospital Islington, Middlesex
- Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers
- Yorkhill Nurses League Oral History Project Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Persons (527)
- Abbott, Mary Oliphant , (1920-2011), nurse educator St Andrews, Fife;Bromley, Kent;London;Canada;India;Gambia;Nigeria;Iran;Philippines;Copenhagen, Denmark
- Abercromby, Margaret, (fl 1926-1933), nurse
- Acred, Phyllis, (fl 1950), midwife
- Adams, John, (b 1952), nurse of Longwick Longwick, Buckinghamshire
- Adamson, Estelle Inez, (1921-1970), nurse
- Addison, Clementina, (fl 1914-1916), nurse
- Aiken, Linda, (fl 1964-2016), Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research University of Pennsylvania
- Ainsbury, Elsie Joan Gibson, (b 1925), nurse
- Ainslie, Mary Gillies, (fl 1921-1961), nurse Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Akehurst, Jessie, (fl 1918-1920), nurse
- Akers, Frances, (fl 1925-1968), nurse
- Allwood, Annie, (1914-1988), nurse
- Alsop, Katherine, (fl 1900-1930), nurse
- Altschul, Annie Therese, (fl 1963-1992), CBE FRCN, psychiatric nurse and professor Vienna, Austria;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Ambrose, Mary, (fl 1936-1950), nurse
- Andrews, Fanny, (fl 1947-1957), nurse
- Andrews, John Michael, (1922-2007), nurse
- Armstrong, K F, (fl 1948), nurse
- Armstrong, Kathleen, (fl 1967-1986), nurse
- Armstrong, Mary, (fl 1927-1987), nurse
- Ashworth, Patricia , (fl1930-2020), nurse
- Atwell, Cynthia , (fl1980-2019), occupational health consultant
- Ayliffe, Daphe J, (fl 1948), nurse
- Baker, Gertrude, (fl 1940-1977), nurse
- Baly, Monica, (1874-1998), Dr, nurse
- Bamford, Thelma, (1923-2010), nurse
- Barker, Alan, (fl1952-2019), mental health nurse
- Barker, Bridget, (fl1952-2019), mental health nurse
- Barnes, Brenda, (fl 1939-1957), nurse
- Battersby, Sybil M I, (fl 1920), nurse
- Baxter, Mary, (fl 1929-1992), midwife and nurse
- Baynham, Helen, (fl 1965-1976), nurse
- Baynham, M G, (fl 1960-1966), nurse
- Beasley, Dame Christine Joan, (b1944), nurse, NHS healthcare administrator
- Bellis, Mary, (fl 1940), nurse
- Bewglass, Mary, (fl 1899-1905), nurse
- Biart, Constance, (fl 1934-1986), nurse
- Black, Elizabeth, (fl 1930), nurse
- Blaydes, E M, (1876-1930), nurse
- Blundell-Rayson, Clara, (fl 1906-1915), nurse
- Blyth, Barbara, (1900-1999), nurse
- Blythe-Brown, Florence, (fl 1915-1919), nurse
- Bocock, Evelyn Joan Poppy, (1922-2002), nurse
- Bolger, Tom, (fl 1990-1995), Director of Education, Royal College of Nursing
- Boniface, Hazel, (fl 1940-2015), nurse
- Bonner, Liz , (fl2019), RCN Fellow
- Bonthron, Margaret Oswald Clark, (fl 1940-1957), nurse
- Bottrill, Patricia , (fl1976-2019), nurse
- Breay, Margaret, (fl 1926-1930), nurse
- Brett, Patricia, (fl 1929-1934), nurse
- Bridle, Dorothy, (fl 1943-1981), nurse
- Britt, Edith Vera, (fl 1940-1941), nurse
- Broadley, Kate, (fl 1936-1961), nurse
- Brocklehurst, S, (d 2012), midwife
- Broughton, Kathleen, (fl 1940-1987), nurse
- Brown, Alice Maud, (fl 1908-1922), nurse
- Brown, Ann, (fl 1925-1976), nurse
- Brown, Dorothy, (fl 1939-1963), nurse
- Brown, Elizabeth, (fl 1930-1950), nurse
- Brown, Mabel, (1903-1976), nurse
- Brown, Mary, (fl 1947-1986), nurse
- Brown, Robert L, (fl 1950), nurse
- Browne, Dame Sidney Jane, (1850-1941), President of the College of Nursing
- Bryant, Fanny Margaret, (fl 1918), nurse
- Buchana, Maura, (fl 1997-2010), past President of the Royal College of Nursing
- Bucknall, Edna, (fl 1960), nurse
- Burr, Sue, (fl 1980-1990), nurse
- Burston, Sophie, (fl 1907-1908), nurse
- Busbridge, D M, (fl 1950-1960), nurse
- Butler, Georgina Mary, (1917-2009), children's nurse Low Abbotside, Yorkshire
- Byatt, Joy, (fl 1955-1998), midwife
- Byers, Annie, (fl 1919), nurse
- Cadoux, Lilian, (fl 1940), nurse
- Calton, Cynthia, (fl 1963-2007), nurse
- Campbell, Beatrice Florence, (fl 1912-1918), nurse
- Carling, Brenda, (1897-1990), nurse South Molton, Devon
- Carpenter, Marion, (fl 1942-1973), nurse
- Carter, V, (fl 1917-1918), nurse
- Catterall, Olive Muriel, (fl 1929-1930), nurse
- Cavell, Edith Louisa, (1865-1915), Nurse
- Chand, May, (fl 1931-1999), nurse
- Chandler, Sybil, (fl 1946), nurse
- Chandler, Violet, (fl 1931-1934), nurse
- Chapman, Christine, (fl 1972-1990), nurse
- Charles, Frances, (fl 1950), nurse
- Charley, Irene, (fl 1920-1960), nurse
- Chatterton, Claire, (fl1981-2019), professor, nurse historian
- Chmielewski, Regina, (fl 1954), nurse
- Ciniewicz, Penny, (fl 1951-2002), nurse
- Clark, Christine, (fl 1930-1952), nurse
- Clark, Joan, (b 1914), nurse
- Clark, June, (b 1941), President of the Royal College of Nursing
- Clarke, Emily, (fl 1949), nurse
- Claugh, Joan, (fl 1963 - 1981), nurse
- Clemow, Evelyn, (fl 1914), nurse
- Clothier, Mary, (fl 1910), nurse
- Collett, Una Marie, (fl 1912), nurse
- Collins, Margaret, (fl 1914-1919), nurse
- Collyer, L H M, (fl 1964), nurse
- Conner, Hannah, (fl 1934-1967), nurse
- Cook, Edith, (1919-1995), nurse
- Cooke, Margaret Amy, (b 1929), nurse India
- Cooper, Gertrude, (fl 1927), nurse
- Cooper, Muriel, (1900-1999), nurse
- Cornwell, Charlotte Sarah, (fl 1895-1910), nurse
- Courtney, Z P, (fl 1953), nurse
- Cox, Eileen, (fl 1940), nurse
- Cox, Margaret Aileen, (fl 1959), nurse
- Craske, Esther, (fl 1900-1930), nurse
- Cronin, Katherine Frances, (fl 1940-1980), nurse
- Crossley, Dorothy Audrey, (fl 1942-1951), nurse
- Crowley, Elizabeth Watson, (fl 1919-1922), nurse
- Curtis, Marion, (fl 1992), nurse
- Curtis, Peggy, (fl 1956-1960), nurse
- Daly, Nell, (fl 1932-1997), nurse Belfast, County Antrim
- Davies, Megan, (fl 1930-1968), nurse
- Dawson, Margaret Robertson, (fl 1934-1936), nurse
- Dawson, Mary Ann, (fl 1922-1947), nurse
- Day, Dorothy, (fl 1938-1939), nurse
- Daymond, Pamela, (fl 1950), nurse
- Debean, Mavis, (fl 1931-1932), nurse
- Dekker, Jamesina 'Gina', (fl 1937-1946), nurse
- Delve, Violet Elsie, (fl 1930-1940), nurse and midwife
- Denninson, Bessie, (fl 1924), nurse
- Denton, Jane, (b1953), CBE, FRCN nurse and midwife, Director of the Multiple Births Foundation
- Denton, Sylvia Ernestine, (fl 1990-2015), CBE FRCN, past President of the Royal College of Nursing
- Diffey, Phyllis, (1900-1999), nurse
- Doig, Helenor, (fl1935-1936), nurse
- Donaldson, Marion Joan, (fl 1940-1950), nurse
- Dopson, Laurence, (1924-2012), nurse and medical journalist
- Downes, Iris Hilda, (fl 1931-1953), nurse
- Dowst, Ivy, (fl 1930), nurse
- Drage, Kathleen, (fl 1928-1945), nurse
- Drewett, Vivien, (fl 1937-1941), nurse
- du Sautoy, Cathlin Cecily, (fl 1887-1945), nurse
- Duff, Janet, (fl 1930), nurse
- Duncombe, Katherine, (fl 1947 - 1970), district nurse and midwife
- Dunderdale, Elaine, (fl 1939-1967), nurse
- Dunning, Florence, (fl 1927), nurse
- Dunsmore, Violet Lena, (1914-2012), midwife
- Dunstan, Harriet, (fl 1924-1944), nurse
- Eagling, Susan, (fl2004-2017), nurse
- Edwards, Catherine, (b 1910), nurse Rhondda, Glamorgan
- Edwards, E M, (fl 1916-1929), nurse
- Edwards, Marjorie, (fl 1930), nurse
- Esplin, Lily, (fl 1907-1921), nurse Edinburgh, Midlothian;Rangoon, Burma;Dublin, County Dublin
- Evans, Jan, (fl 1960), nurse
- Falconer, Jane, (fl 1912-1929), nurse
- Fallon, Margaret, (fl 1905), nurse
- Falwasser, Angela, (fl 1908-1930), nurse
- Farnworth, Mary, (fl 1952), nurse
- Fawkes, Barbara Noel, (1914-2002) OBE, nurse educator
- Fent, Barbara, (fl 1925-1990), midwife
- Ferguson, Marion, (fl 1942-1999), nurse
- Filley, Beatrice, (fl 1914-1955), nurse
- Fisher, Annie , (fl1900-1950), nurse
- Fleming, Janet Kerr, (fl 1934-1986), nurse
- Fletcher, Annie, (fl 1924), nurse
- Fowler, Frances, (fl 1912-1945), nurse
- Fox, Mary Kathleen, (fl 1931), nurse
- Fradd, Dame Elizabeth Harriet, (b1949), nurse leader and administrator
- Franklin, Gladys Dorothy Violet, (fl 1941-1948), nurse
- Fraser, Roslin, (fl 1980-1990), Deputy President, Royal College of Nursing
- Friend, Ethel, (fl 1917-1972), nurse
- Frost, Dora, (fl 1952-2000), Reverend, nurse
- Gadd, Muriel, (fl 1940-1970), nurse
- Gallagher, Rose, (fl 2002-2007), Royal College of Nursing infection control professional lead
- Ganett, Elizabeth, (fl 1937), nurse
- Gardener, Marjorie, (fl 1973-1977), nurse
- Garrett, Sheila, (fl 1940-1997), nurse
- Gaudie, Anne, (fl 2005), nurse
- Gawthorpe, Mary, (fl 1912-1982), nurse
- Gee, Anne Margaret Joyce, (fl 1920-1930), nurse
- Gemmell, Anne, (fl 1920-1950), nurse
- Gill, Annie Warren, (fl 1988), nurse
- Gilmour, Marguerite, (fl 1944), nurse
- Glover, Hannah, (fl 1952-1954), midwife
- Golby, Mabel Margaret, (fl 1922-1926), nurse
- Gooderham, Edmund Derek, (b 1928), nurse and Senior Inspector for the General Nursing Council for England and Wales of Thornton Heath
- Gordon, Winifred Logan, (fl 1950-1987), nurse
- Goudge, Doris, (fl 1924-1936), nurse
- Gourley, Mary, (fl 1876-1919), nurse
- Grady, M W, (fl 1954-1956), nurse
- Graham, Murial Janet, (fl 1955-1994), nurse
- Grant, Lucy Duff, (fl 1947-1984), nurse
- Greenacre, Elizabeth, (fl 1900-1999), nurse
- Greene, John, (fl 1916-1985), nurse
- Greig, Catherine, (fl 1914-1939), nurse
- Grey, Mona Elizabeth Clara, (1910-2009), Northern Ireland Chief Nursing Officer Northern Ireland
- Griffith, Olive, (fl 1960-1969), nurse
- Griffiths, I, (fl 1950), nurse
- Grimwade, Mary, (fl 1930-1940), nurse
- Guamento, Dorothy, (fl 1931-1936), nurse
- Gustafson, Jessie, (fl 1925-1936), nurse
- Gwilym-Williams, Norah, (fl 1934-1945), nurse
- Halder, Uma, (1900-1999), nurse
- Hall, A M, (fl 1918), nurse
- Hall, Dame Catherine Mary, (1937-1990), nurse Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Hall, Gertrude, (fl 1927-1930), nurse
- Hancock, Christine, (fl 1961-1962), nurse
- Hanson, Edna, (fl 1920-1927), nurse Manchester, Lancashire
- Hardman, Ada, (fl 1940-1950), nurse
- Harley, Agnes, (fl 1914-1930), nurse
- Harrison, David, (fl 1954-1982), nurse
- Harrison, Janet, (fl 1919-1936), nurse
- Harrop, Florence, (fl 1936-1990), nurse
- Hartley, Margaret, (fl 1910-1950), nurse
- Hawkins, Sister H, (fl 1925), nurse
- Hay, Elizabeth, (fl 1921-1951), nurse
- Hayes, Monica Mary, (fl 1950), nurse and midwife
- Hayward, Mary Rose, (fl 1960-2010), nurse
- Healey, Annie, (fl 1925-1932), nurse
- Heart, Pamela, (fl 1928-1933), nurse
- Hedley, S, (fl 1917-1918), Miss, nurse
- Heine, Kathleen, (fl 1930-1932), nurse
- Henderson, Virginia Avenel, (fl 1973-1996), nurse
- Henry, Agnes, (fl 1953), nurse
- Henry, Mary, (fl 1961-1964), nurse
- Henry, Thomas, (fl 1934-1967), nurse
- Henry, Veronica, (fl 1934-1935), nurse
- Hewitt, Ruth Mary, (fl 1955-1956), nurse
- Hewser, P, (fl 1931), nurse
- Hibbert, Muriel, (1923-2013), nurse Lewisham, Kent
- Hibbs, Pam , (b1935), nurse
- Hill, Jean, (fl 1945-1948), nurse
- Hilsden, Winifred, (fl 1934-1986), nurse
- Hilton, Margaret, (fl 1930), nurse
- Himsworth, Jean U., (fl 1958-1977), district nurse
- Hinchley, Evelyn, (fl 1881-1930), nurse
- Hine, M E, (fl 1942-1945), nurse
- Hockey, Dr Lisbeth, (1918-2004), OBE, Director of Nursing Research at the University of Edinburgh Austria;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Hodges, Margaret, (fl 1945-1952), nurse
- Hodson, Elizabeth, (fl 1852), Lady Superior of St. John's House
- Hohle, E, (fl 1950-1952), nurse
- Holden, V B, (fl 1916-1918), nurse
- Holloway, Debra , (fl2008-2019), nurse consultant in gynaecology
- Holmes, Gwendoline Irene M, (fl 1920-1921), nurse
- Horn, Margaret, (fl 1917-1922), nurse Ancoats, Lancashire
- Houlston, Winifred Louisa Crampton, (fl 1922-1950), nurse
- Hunt, Jennifer, (fl 1980-1990), nurse
- Hunt, Muriel, (fl 1939-1981), midwife and district nurse
- Hurgan, Isobel, (fl 1935), nurse
- Hutchins, Annie Maud, (fl 1908-1968), nurse
- Hutt, Avis, (1917-2010), nurse and political campaigner
- Hutton, Isobel, (1904-1993), nurse
- Jackson, Agnes, (fl 1955), nurse
- Jackson, Gwendoline, (fl 1945), nurse
- Jackson, Muriel, (fl 1944), nurse
- Jackson, Queenie, (fl 1944-2007), nurse
- James, Sarah, (fl 1869-1870), nurse
- Jarvis, Ara Stephanie, (fl 1912-1923), nurse
- Jenkins, Irene Beryl, (1900-1999), nurse
- Jenner, Elizabeth, (fl 2002), Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Hertfordshire
- John, Audrey, (fl 1942-1979), nurse
- Johnson, Dorothy Ann, (fl 1917-1938), nurse
- Johnson OBE, CJ, (fl 1970), Miss, nurse
- Jones, Annie, (fl 1923-1926), nurse
- Jones, Barbara, (fl 1935-1998), nurse
- Jones, Heulwen, (fl 1935), nurse
- Jones, Lucy, (fl 1915-1950), nurse
- Jones, Sally, (fl 1960-2000), nurse
- Jones, Thomas Hugh, (fl 1950-2000), nurse
- Keane, Ann, (fl 1978-1980), nurse
- Keeley, Amy, (fl 1920-1960), nurse
- Kelly, James, (fl 1948-1950), nurse
- Kemp-Gee, B, (fl 1940-1941), nurse
- Kempton, A E, (fl 1929), nurse
- Kennedy, Elsie, (fl 1919-1940), nurse
- Kennedy, Linda Joan, (fl 1963-1980), nurse
- Kennedy, Ruth, (fl 1919-1940), nurse
- Kenyon, Winifred, (fl 1940-1970), nurse
- Keough, Kathleen M., (fl 1942-1971), Lieutenant, nurse South Africa
- Kerr, Sheilah, (fl 1950), nurse
- Keyte, Betty, (fl 1940-1946), nurse
- King, Ernest, (fl 1942-1951), sick bay assistant
- King, Francesca May, (1879-1946), nurse South Africa;Singapore
- Kipling, Joyce, (fl 1946-1962), nurse
- Lane, Rosemary, (fl 1951), nurse
- Lauder, Harriet , (fl1914-1921), nurse
- le Boutillier, Patricia Mary, (fl 1945-1994), nurse
- le Poidevin, Mary, (fl 1940-1950), nurse
- Lee, Betty, (fl 1947-2009), nurse
- Lee, Elizabeth A, (fl 1940-1983), nurse
- Leenders, Felicity, (1936-2022), Nursing Officer at the Department of Health
- Lees, Margaret 'Peggy', (fl 1937-1970), nurse
- Lefton, Esta, (fl 1942), nurse
- Lindsay, Christina, (fl 1946-1951), midwife
- Lippington, H, (fl 1929), nurse
- Lloyd, Ivy, (fl 1925-1932), nurse
- Lloyd, Patricia, (fl 1946-1979), nurse
- Lloyd, Paul, (fl 1984-1991), nurse
- Lochart, Elizabeth, (fl 1959), nurse
- Lockhart, E, (fl 1953-1972), Miss, Royal College of Nusing student Dundee, Angus
- Loft, M, (fl 1929), nurse
- Lord, Marjorie, (1916-2005), nurse
- Lorentzon, Maria, (fl 1980-2000), history of nursing researcher Surrey
- Lovett, Roseatta, (fl 1940-1980), nurse
- Lowe, Josephine, (fl 1952-1953), nurse
- MacDonald, Ann, (fl 1913-1952), nurse
- MacDonald, Christina, (fl 1934-2007), nurse
- Macer, Ursula, (fl 1937-1940), nurse
- Mackie, Alice Isobel, (fl 1940-1990), nurse
- Magrath, Katie Margaret, (fl 1950), nurse
- Malins, Martha, (fl 1916-1929), nurse
- Mancino, Diane, (fl 1975), nurse
- Manson, Jane Marwick, (fl 1931-1960), nurse
- Manuel, Josephine, (fl 1929-1940), Indian nurse
- Mather, Sarah Eleanor, (fl 1919-1931), nurse
- Maxwell, Jean, (1940-1949), nurse
- May, Joyce, (fl 1966), nurse
- McAdam, Adelaide, (fl 1919-1920), nurse
- McCormack, Gertrude, (fl 1941-1982), nurse
- McGillivray, Ailidh, (fl 1930-1970), nurse
- McIntosh, Helen, (fl 1955), nurse
- McIntyre, Margaret, (fl 1897-1931), nurse
- McKenzie, F C, (fl 1940-1974), nurse
- McKie, Elizabeth Watson, (fl 1922-1948), nurse
- McLean, Fiona, (fl 1926-1927), nurse
- McMillan, Elizabeth, (fl 1941-1946), nurse Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- McMillan, M M, (fl 1960-1979), nurse
- McNiel, Mary, (fl 1923-1926), nurse
- Meredith, Annie Kate, (fl 1921-1945), nurse
- Miles, M E, (fl 1950-2003), nurse
- Millar, Bessie, (fl 1912-1920), nurse
- Miller, Jessie, (fl 1932-1939), nurse Scotland
- Miller, Maisie, (fl 1941-1948), nurse
- Millicheap, Annie, (fl 1906), nurse
- Mills-Williams, A E O, (fl 1966), nurse
- Milne, Helen Patterson, (fl 1930-1950), nurse Glasgow, Lanarkshire
- Milne, Margaret Leith, (fl 1930-1939), nurse
- Moody, Pat E, (fl 1930-1980), nurse
- Moore, Frances, (fl 1928-1930), nurse
- Moore, Nellie, (fl 1962), nurse
- Moores, Yvonne, (fl 1960-2005), nurse
- Morey, Mary Kathleen, (fl 1881-1927), nurse
- Morrison, Cecilia Elizabeth, (fl 1923-1941), nurse
- Mortimer, Barbara, (fl 1924-1980), nurse
- Moss, Anny, (fl 1970-1971), nurse
- Mould, Joan, (fl 1947-2003), nurse and midwife
- Mowbray, Evelyn Bourne, (fl 1925-1966), nurse
- Myers, Ivy, (fl 1930-1937), nurse
- Nelson, Mary, (fl 1940-1946), nurse
- Nelson, Sadie, (fl 1940-1943), nurse
- Newbery, Mary Iris, (fl 1897-1949), nurse
- Newman, Margaret, (fl 1950), nurse
- Newstead, Betty, (fl 1962), nurse
- Nicholson, Margaret Elizabeth, (fl 1920), nurse
- Nightingale, Florence, (1820-1910), reformer of hospital nursing
- Norton, Doreen, (fl 1960-1990), nurse
- Nuttall, Peggy Dina, (fl 1976), nurse
- O'Brien, Isabella, (fl 1976-1979), nurse
- O'Brien, Isabella Main, (1937-2011), nurse Moray
- Oliver, Dame Gillian, (c1943-2018), nurse leader
- O'Neill, Cynthia, (fl 1908-1970), nurse
- Oshikanlu, Ruth , (fl2006-2019), nurse entrepreneur
- Oswald, Thomas, (fl 1945), nurse Dundee, Angus
- Over, Kathleen, (fl 1945), nurse
- Owen, Grace, (fl 1942-2000), nurse
- Paeke, Joan, (fl 1924-1991), nurse
- Paetke, Jill, (1893-1965), nurse
- Palmer, Joyce Valetta, (fl 1940-2010), nurse
- Parton, Margaret Joan, (fl 1912-1982), nurse
- Pavlova Courtney, Zella , (d2020), nurse
- Peake, Lilian, (fl 1928), nurse
- Pemberton, Doreen, (fl 1918-1935), nurse
- Pembrey, Susan Elizabeth Manthorp, (fl 1960-2010), nurse
- Penn, Patricia Rosemary Anderton, (1907-1992), nurse
- Peterkin, Annie McWillie, (fl 1892-1933), General Superintendent of Queen's Nursing Institute
- Pike, Mary, (fl 1910-1938), nurse
- Playfair, Christine Rose, (fl 1949-1986), nurse of East Lothian
- Porter, Sir James, (1851-1935), Knight Surgeon Admiral
- Poultney, Ethel Lilian May, (fl 1930-1947), nurse
- Powell, Jessie, (fl 1947-1964), nurse
- Powell, Dame Muriel Betty, (1914-1978), nurse
- Pratt, Amy, (fl 1939-1951), nurse
- Prior, Alexa Duff, (fl 1914-1921), nurse
- Pugh, Ellen, (fl 1920-1930), nurse
- Pugsley, Rachel, (fl 1950), nurse
- Quinn, Dame Sheila Margaret Imelda, (b 1920), president of the Royal College of Nursing
- Ranger, Rhoda, (fl 1912-1921), nurse
- Ranson, Louisa, (fl 1931-1951), nurse
- Raven, Dame Kathleen Annie, (1910-1999), DBE FRCN, nurse matron Coniston, Lancashire
- Raybould, Elizabeth, (fl 1950-1980), nurse
- Reay, Lillian M, (fl 1928), nurse
- Rebeiro, Claire, (fl 1960), nurse
- Rebeiro, Clare, (fl 1960), nurse
- Rees, Eirlys M, (fl 1960-1994), nurse
- Reid, Eveline Catherine Mary, (fl 1924-1934), nurse
- Reilly, Monica, (fl 1950-1980), nurse
- Reynolds, Catherine Janet, (fl 1961-1973), nurse
- Richards, I M, (fl 1939), nurse
- Richie, Margaret, (fl 1926-1966), nurse
- Robertson, Muriel, (fl 1939-1957), nurse
- Robinson, Anne, (fl 1914-1917), nurse
- Robinson, Ivy, (fl 1924-1926), nurse
- Rodgers, Marion S., (fl 1938), nurse
- Roney, Lily, (fl 1913-1927), nurse
- Roper, Nancy, (fl 1970), nurse
- Rose, Ivy Ethel, (fl 1920-1930), nurse
- Rose, Mary Jane, (fl 1920-1930), nurse
- Rosie, May, (1900-1999), nurse
- Rossell, Dorothy, (fl 1935-1940), nurse
- Rossiter, Jo-Anne, (fl 1970-2008), nurse
- Rotter, Delena Caroline Ann, (fl 1920-1927), nurse
- Savage, Joan, (fl 1900-1983), nurse Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Saxton, Gladys, (fl 1945), nurse
- Scott, Alice, (fl 1910-1929), nurse
- Scott, Margaret, (fl 1937-1970), nurse
- Scott, Rebecca, (fl 1900-1910), nurse
- Seeger, Amelia, (fl 1910), nurse
- Sephton, Jean, (fl 1940), nurse
- Shaw, Mabel, (fl 1932-1941), nurse
- Shearer, Kate, (fl 1950), nurse Argyll, Argyllshire
- Shepherd, Ruth Elizabeth, (fl 1951-1973), nurse
- Shirley, A E, (fl 1914-1918), nurse
- Short, Olive, (b 1919), nurse
- Sim, Margaret, (fl 1909-1924), nurse Scotland
- Simpson, Berta, (fl 1926-1933), nurse
- Simpson, Hilda Marjorie, (1914-1992) OBE, nurse leader
- Simpson, May, (fl 1914-1948), nurse Dublin, County Dublin;Brighton, Sussex;Egypt
- Singleton, Annie, (fl 1942-2005), Salvation Army member and midwife
- Skarpaas, Isabella, (fl 1942-1946), nurse
- Skeet, Muriel, (fl 1960-1996), nurse
- Slaney, Brenda, (fl 1955-1974), nurse
- Sleet, Gladys, (1920-1929), nurse
- Smillie, Ann McInroy, (fl 1921-1946), nurse
- Smith, D M, (fl 1930-1950), nurse
- Smith, Doris, (fl 1914-1922), nurse
- Smith, Lucy May, (fl 1929)
- Smith, Pamela, (fl 1946-1974), nurse
- Snelling, Sandra, (fl 1960-1990), nurse
- Sowler, Ida R., (fl 1900-1961), nurse
- Spencer, Dorothy, (fl 1956-1990), nurse
- Spittal, Margaret, (fl 1945-1971), nurse
- Stafford, Ruth Elizabeth, (fl 1940), nurse
- Stark, Clara Ann Yvette, (1928-2011), nurse
- Stead, Lily, (fl 1923-1937), nurse
- Stephenson, Elsie, (fl 1961), nurse
- Stevens, Christina, (fl 1933-1970), nurse
- Stilwell, Barbara, (fl2020), nurse, nurse researcher & academic
- Stockwell, Felicity, (1907-1973), nurse
- Stone, Brenda, (fl 1948-1972), nurse Tanzania
- Stoneham, Emma, (fl 1890-1927), nurse
- Stoneham, Florence, (fl 1890-1927), nurse
- Storey, Les , (fl2019), RCN Fellow
- Storey OBE, Maude, (1930-2003), nurse and President of the Royal College of Nursing Wigan, Lancashire
- Stout, Elizabeth, (1900-1999), nurse
- Stoyel, Mary, (fl 1943-1947), nurse
- Strong, Rebecca, (fl 1893-1895), nurse matron
- Stuart, Marjory, (fl 1905-1923), nurse
- Sutherland, Anna, (fl 1914-1923), nurse
- Sutherland, Jemima, (1905-2004), nurse Shetland, Shetland
- Swift, Dame Sarah Ann, (1854-1937), nurse and co-founder of the Royal College of Nursing Kirton, Lincolnshire
- Tanner, Beatrice Jane, (fl 1914-1916), nurse
- Taylor, G P, (fl 1930), nurse
- Taylor, Grace, (fl 1931-1938), nurse
- Taylor, Jane Kerr Alen, (fl 1930-1960), nurse
- Taylor, Julie, (fl 1986-2017), Professor of Child Protection, University of Birmingham Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Taylor, Sarah Maud, (fl 1953), nurse
- Terrot, Sarah Anne, (fl 1854-1855), nurse
- Thomas, Gwen, (fl 1930-1970), nurse
- Thomas, Gwyneth, (fl 1930-1985), nurse
- Thompson, Alice, (fl 1900-1950), librarian of the Royal College of Nursing
- Thompson, Margaret, (fl 1945-1999), nurse
- Thomson, Margaret, (fl 1919), nurse Perth, Perthshire
- Tierney, Alison, (b1948), professor, nurse theorist and researcher
- Tierney, Margaret, (fl 1958-1960), nurse
- Tomlin, Lorna, (fl 1953-2010), nurse
- Tomlinson, Elizabeth, (fl 1922-1924), nurse
- Tomlinson, Phyllis, (1881-1970), nurse
- Towns, Minnie, (fl 1930-1960), nurse
- Train, Daphne Helena, (fl 1954-1961), midwife
- Trant, Margaret, (fl 1930-1939), nurse and midwife
- Tree, Frances, (fl 1990), nurse
- Turner, Christine, (fl 1969-1972), nurse
- Turner, Ella May, (fl 1913-1949), nurse
- Uhthoff, Mary, (fl 1941-1998), nurse
- Vale, Avril, (fl 1980-1985), nurse
- Venoud, Jessie, (fl 1901), nurse
- Ventris, B, (fl 1920-1950), nurse
- Voisey, Maureen, (fl 1949-1950), nurse
- Vollans, Elsie, (fl 1950), nurse
- Wade, Sarah, (fl 1935-1980), nurse
- Waite, A, (fl 1950), Mrs, nurse
- Wakefield, Elizabeth, (fl 1935-1950), nurse
- Walker, Annie, (fl 1918), nurse
- Wallis, Ellen May, (1898-1954), nurse Plymouth, Devon
- Wallis, Irene, (fl 1970-1980), nurse
- Walters, E J, (fl 1898), nurse
- Warnock, Hazel, (fl 1950-1955), nurse Belfast, County Antrim
- Warriner, Jason , (fl1990-2014), RCN fellow
- Watson, Agnes, (fl 1898-1916), nurse
- Weeks, Valerie, (fl 1956-2006), nurse
- Weir, M A, (fl 1943), nurse
- Weir, Rosemary, (fl 1950-2000), nurse
- Wellington, Sophia, (fl 1864-1927), nurse
- West, Ellen, (fl 1904), nurse
- Wharton, Marjorie, (1901-1995), nurse Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire
- Whittaker, D M, (fl 1985-2001), Mrs, nurse
- Whittaker, Margaret, (fl1918-2020), nurse
- Wilkie, Elaine, (fl 1930-1993), nurse
- Willan, Nancy, (fl 1945-2010), nurse
- Williams, Claire, (fl 1927-1931), nurse
- Williams, Elizabeth, (fl 1938-1968), nurse
- Williams, Iris, (fl 1942-1948), midwife
- Williams, M, (fl 1916), nurse
- Williamson, Winifred, (fl 1915-1989), nurse
- Willis, Olive, (fl 1948-1972), nurse
- Wilson Barnett, Dame Jenifer, (fl1975-2019), professor of nursing
- Wilson, Bryan, (fl 1970-1980), nurse
- Wilson, Dorothy Annie, (fl 1916-1930), nurse
- Wilson, Isobel, (fl 1947-1948), nurse
- Wilson, Jean, (fl 1929), nurse
- Winnard, Florence, (fl 1918-1939), nurse
- Winnard, Marjorie, (fl 1918-1939), nurse
- Withers, Ethel, (fl 1940-1997), nurse and midwife
- Woodall, Brenda May, (1921-2001), nurse
- Woods, Ethel, (fl 1923-1957), nurse
- Woodward, Maureen, (fl 1960-1968), nurse
- Woodward, Sue , (fl1988-2019), senior lecturer in adult nursing
- Woolmington, R, (fl1900-1972), nurse
- Wright, Prudence Donaldson, (fl 1953-1981), nurse
- Wylde, Aileen, (fl 1910-1950), nurse
- Young, Alice, (fl 1936-1946), nurse
- Young, Constance, (fl 1913-1920), nurse
- Young, M, (fl 1939), nurse
- Young, M F, (fl 1939), nurse
Families (2)
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (1)
- NRA 42220 Queen's Nursing Institute, Scotland link to online catalogue
Accessions
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