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Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss, (born 8 February 1976 in Newark, Nottinghamshire), is an English actress, television personality, former glamour model and nurse.
Abi Titmuss, (born 8 February 1976 in Newark, Nottinghamshire), is an English actress, television personality, former glamour model and nurse.
Agnes Hunt
Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt DBE RRC is generally recognised as the first orthopaedic nurse.
Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt DBE RRC is generally recognised as the first orthopaedic nurse.
Alice Fisher (nurse)
Alice Fisher (1839–1888) was a 19th-century nursing pioneer, whose brief career at the Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) was transformational.
Alice Fisher (1839–1888) was a 19th-century nursing pioneer, whose brief career at the Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) was transformational.
Anne Baker
Anne Baker is a British writer of historical biographies.
Anne Baker is a British writer of historical biographies.
Beverley Allitt
Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children.
Beverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children.
Chris Stevenson (academic)
Professor Chris Stevenson is an author and Professor of Mental Health Nursing at Dublin City University (DCU), where she is also head of the School of Nursing.
Professor Chris Stevenson is an author and Professor of Mental Health Nursing at Dublin City University (DCU), where she is also head of the School of Nursing.
Cicely Saunders
Dame Cicely Mary Saunders, (22 June 1918 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England – 14 July 2005 at St Christopher's Hospice, South London, England) was a prominent Anglican, nurse, physician an...
Dame Cicely Mary Saunders, (22 June 1918 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England – 14 July 2005 at St Christopher's Hospice, South London, England) was a prominent Anglican, nurse, physician an...
Claire Rayner
Claire Berenice Rayner OBE was an English nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist, best known for her role for many years as an agony aunt.
Claire Berenice Rayner OBE was an English nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist, best known for her role for many years as an agony aunt.
Constance Kent
Constance Emily Kent (6 February 1844 – 10 April 1944) was an English woman who confessed to a notorious child murder, that took place when she was sixteen years old.
Constance Emily Kent (6 February 1844 – 10 April 1944) was an English woman who confessed to a notorious child murder, that took place when she was sixteen years old.
Doreen Norton
Doreen Norton, OBE, FRCN was a English nurse, in the 1950s she used research to show that the best treatment and prevention of bedsores was removing the pressure by turning the patient.
Doreen Norton, OBE, FRCN was a English nurse, in the 1950s she used research to show that the best treatment and prevention of bedsores was removing the pressure by turning the patient.
Edith Urch
Edith Laura Urch (c.1915–January 1978), known to her friends as Urchie, was an English nurse and charity worker who founded the Ladyeholme Housing Association, a charity for homeless...
Edith Laura Urch (c.1915–January 1978), known to her friends as Urchie, was an English nurse and charity worker who founded the Ladyeholme Housing Association, a charity for homeless...
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry, née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist.
Elizabeth Fry, née Gurney, was an English prison reformer, social reformer and, as a Quaker, a Christian philanthropist.
Elizabeth Jolley
Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO was an English-born writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s.
Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO was an English-born writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s.
Elsie Knocker
Elsie Knocker was a British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who, together with her friend Mairi Chisholm, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of thousands of soldi...
Elsie Knocker was a British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who, together with her friend Mairi Chisholm, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of thousands of soldi...
Emma Maria Pearson
Emma Maria Pearson, the daughter of Captain Charles Pearson, RN, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, was a writer and one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross.
Emma Maria Pearson, the daughter of Captain Charles Pearson, RN, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, was a writer and one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross.
Eva Luckes
Eva Charlotte Ellis Luckes (8 July 1854 – 16 February 1919) was Matron of The London Hospital from 1880 to 1919.
Eva Charlotte Ellis Luckes (8 July 1854 – 16 February 1919) was Matron of The London Hospital from 1880 to 1919.
Flora Sandes
Flora Sandes (22 January 1876–1955) was a British Red Cross volunteer who became the first woman to be commissioned as an officer in the Serbian army and the only British woman to officially enl...
Flora Sandes (22 January 1876–1955) was a British Red Cross volunteer who became the first woman to be commissioned as an officer in the Serbian army and the only British woman to officially enl...
Florence Farmborough
Florence Farmborough FRGS was an authoress, a photographer, a teacher and university lecturer, and a nurse.
Florence Farmborough FRGS was an authoress, a photographer, a teacher and university lecturer, and a nurse.
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician.
Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician.
Harriet Acland
Harriet Acland (January 3, 1749/50 – July 21, 1815) was a British noblewoman, nurse and diarist.
Harriet Acland (January 3, 1749/50 – July 21, 1815) was a British noblewoman, nurse and diarist.
Henrietta Stockdale
Henrietta Stockdale (born 9 July 1847, Nottinghamshire — died 6 October 1911, Kimberley, South Africa) was a nursing pioneer.
Henrietta Stockdale (born 9 July 1847, Nottinghamshire — died 6 October 1911, Kimberley, South Africa) was a nursing pioneer.
Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Worth SRN SCM was a British nurse, musician, and the author of a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London of the...
Jennifer Worth SRN SCM was a British nurse, musician, and the author of a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London of the...
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace "Jo" Brand (born 23 July 1957) is a BAFTA winning British comedienne, writer, and actress.
Josephine Grace "Jo" Brand (born 23 July 1957) is a BAFTA winning British comedienne, writer, and actress.
Lady Harriet Acland
Harriet Acland (January 3, 1749/50 – July 21, 1815) was a British noblewoman, nurse and diarist.
Harriet Acland (January 3, 1749/50 – July 21, 1815) was a British noblewoman, nurse and diarist.
Louisa McLaughlin
Louisa Elisabeth McLaughlin (1836–1921) was one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross.
Louisa Elisabeth McLaughlin (1836–1921) was one of the first British women to serve as a nurse for the Red Cross.
Lucy Osburn
Lucy Osburn (10 May 1835 - 22 December 1891) was an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale; she is regarded as the founder of nursing in Australia.
Lucy Osburn (10 May 1835 - 22 December 1891) was an English nurse trained by Florence Nightingale; she is regarded as the founder of nursing in Australia.
Mary Kingsley
Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of African cultur...
Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of African cultur...
Mary Salisbury
Mary Ethel Salisbury DL CBE JP (1917 - 27 October 2008), was an English Labour politician in Wiltshire.
Mary Ethel Salisbury DL CBE JP (1917 - 27 October 2008), was an English Labour politician in Wiltshire.
Mary Ward (nurse)
Mary Amos Ward, BEM was an English nurse to the boat people on the waterways.
Mary Amos Ward, BEM was an English nurse to the boat people on the waterways.
Mrs. Pack
Mrs. Pack (died 1694) was a wet nurse to the child William, Duke of Gloucester (1689 – 1700); she was believed indispensable to the boy's health, and because of that, came to exercise considerab...
Mrs. Pack (died 1694) was a wet nurse to the child William, Duke of Gloucester (1689 – 1700); she was believed indispensable to the boy's health, and because of that, came to exercise considerab...
Muriel Powell (Chailey Heritage and Searchlight)
Muriel Powell, MBE,, often referred to as Matron Powell, was the successor to Dame Grace Kimmins in the Chailey Heritage and was the founder of Searchlight to continue the work of the Chai...
Muriel Powell, MBE,, often referred to as Matron Powell, was the successor to Dame Grace Kimmins in the Chailey Heritage and was the founder of Searchlight to continue the work of the Chai...
Nadine Dorries
Nadine Vanessa Dorries is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire since 2005.
Nadine Vanessa Dorries is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire since 2005.
Olga Nethersole
Olga Isabella Nethersole, CBE, RRC was an English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse/health educator.
Olga Isabella Nethersole, CBE, RRC was an English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse/health educator.
Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper
Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper was an English nurse and matron.
Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper was an English nurse and matron.
Tom Quinn (nurse)
Tom J. Quinn was the UK's first Professor of cardiac nursing, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for his outstanding contribution to research and practice of cardiac nursing.
Tom J. Quinn was the UK's first Professor of cardiac nursing, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for his outstanding contribution to research and practice of cardiac nursing.
Tom Reynolds (EMT)
Tom Reynolds is the pseudonym of Brian Kellett, an emergency medical technician for the London Ambulance Service, England, whose award winning blog, Random Acts of Reality, has been publis...
Tom Reynolds is the pseudonym of Brian Kellett, an emergency medical technician for the London Ambulance Service, England, whose award winning blog, Random Acts of Reality, has been publis...
Vera Brittain
Vera Mary Brittain was a British writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War...
Vera Mary Brittain was a British writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War...
Violet Tillard
Violet Tillard (1874 – 19 February 1922) was a suffragist, nurse, pacifist, supporter of conscientious objectors, international famine relief worker and devout Quaker.
Violet Tillard (1874 – 19 February 1922) was a suffragist, nurse, pacifist, supporter of conscientious objectors, international famine relief worker and devout Quaker.
Zepherina Smith
Zepherina Philadelphia Smith was an English nurse and social reformer who promoted increased education and training for midwives.
Zepherina Philadelphia Smith was an English nurse and social reformer who promoted increased education and training for midwives.