Annie Crisp

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Annie Alice Crisp (1854 - 11 June 1953) was an English-born nurse who established New Zealand's first school of nursing and served as superintendent of Auckland Hospital, in New Zealand. [1] [2] She also established Winnipeg Children's Hospital, in Canada. [1]

Biography

Crisp was born to a farming couple in Warwickshire, England, and completed her nursing training at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham. [1] [3] She joined the nursing section of the British amry and served as a nurse in the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Egyptian wars, and in the Sudan and South Africa. She was decorated in each of these campaigns, being awarded the Egypt Medal and the Khedive's Star.

While she was serving overseas, her father became unwell in England and he and his wife emigrated to New Zealand in search of a better climate for him. Crisp travelled from South Africa to New Zealand to join her parents. She settled in Auckland, where she established New Zealand's first school of nursing and was appointed superintenent of Auckland Hospital. [4] In April 1884, Crisp was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her military nursing service by Governor William Jervois at a ceremony at Government House, Auckland. [2]

In 1886 she married a medical doctor from England, John Bond, and the couple moved to the United States in 1890. [3] Crisp's husband worked on the British exhibit at Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair. In 1903, the couple settled in Winnipeg, Canada. [1] Crisp became aware of the high child mortality rate in the city and began to campaign for the opening of a children's hospital. In 1909 she founded a hospital on Beaconsfield Street which later became the Winnipeg Children's Hospital. [1] [5]

Crisp died at Winnipeg Children's Hospital and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral cemetery. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Memorable Manitobans: Annie Crisp Bond (1854-1943)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  2. 1 2 "First royal honour for New Zealand woman". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  3. 1 2 "Manitoba History: The Bond Papers". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-22.{{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 22 (help)
  4. ↑ "Auckland Hospital staff, 1880s" . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "MHS Transactions: Some Manitoba Women Who Did First Things". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
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