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In 1895 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary she started the first training school for nurses, her methods were later widely adopted by the profession.<ref name="times100">{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The "Grand Old Lady" of Nursing - 100th Birthday To-Day |day_of_week=Monday |date=23 August 1943 |page_number=6 |issue=49631 |column= }}</ref> |
In 1895 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary she started the first training school for nurses, her methods were later widely adopted by the profession.<ref name="times100">{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=The "Grand Old Lady" of Nursing - 100th Birthday To-Day |day_of_week=Monday |date=23 August 1943 |page_number=6 |issue=49631 |column= }}</ref> |
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In the [[1939 New Year Honours]] she was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)]].<ref name="obe">{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=New year Honours |day_of_week=Monday |date=2 January 1939 |page_number=8 |issue=48192 |column= }}</ref> |
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Rebecca Strong | |
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| Born | Rebecca Thorogood 23 August 1843 London, England |
| Died | 24 April 1944 (aged 100) Vicars Cross, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Nurse |
Rebecca Strong OBE (23 August 1843 – 24 April 1944) was an English nurse who pioneered preliminary training for nurses.
Early years and education
Rebecca Strong (nee Thorogood) was born in London on the 23 August 1843. Married young and widowed by the age of twenty[1], Strong decided to go into a career in nursing and was accepted as one of the first probationers at the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas' Hospital, London in 1867. Strong continued her training at Winchester Hospital before moving to the British Army Hospital at Netley as part of a team of nurses selected to reorganise nursing at the hospital.[2][3]
Career
Strong was appointed matron of Dundee Royal Infirmary in 1874. She took up the post of matron at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1879. Apart from a period between 1885-1891 when she ran her own nursing home she remained at Glasgow until she retired in 1907.[3]
In 1895 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary she started the first training school for nurses, her methods were later widely adopted by the profession.[4]
In the 1939 New Year Honours she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).[5]
References
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ Parry, Carol (2013-08-23). "Rebecca Strong – remarkable nursing pioneer". Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow - Library Blog. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
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- ^ "The "Grand Old Lady" of Nursing - 100th Birthday To-Day". The Times. No. 49631. London. 23 August 1943. p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "New year Honours". The Times. No. 48192. London. 2 January 1939. p. 8. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)