Matrons' Council for Great Britain and Ireland

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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

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ Susan McGann, ‘Huxley, Margaret Rachel (1854–1940)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004
  3. ↑ "After Many Days". The Nursing Record. 62 (1622). 3 May 1919.
  4. ↑ "Agnes-Karll". www.agnes-karll-schule.de. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Abel-Smith, Brian (1960). A History of the Nursing Profession. London: Heinemann. p. 81.
  6. ↑ "Editorial". British Journal of Nursing / The Nursing Record. 104 (2251). April 1956 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage Gale.
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