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Jane Bell
Jane Bell may refer to: * Jane Bell (athlete) (1910–1998), Canadian track and field athlete * Jane Bell (nurse) (1873–1959), Scottish-born Australian nurse and midwife * Jane S. Bell (1798–1873), British illustrator {{hndis, Bell, Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Bell (athlete)
Competitor for Canada Florence Jane Bell (June 2, 1910 – July 1, 1998) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Career From Toronto, Ontario, Bell competed for Canada in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Fanny Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, and Myrtle Cook. Outside of track, Bell was also a competitive swimmer, curler and golfer, and worked as a physical education teacher at the Margaret Eaton School of Physical Culture in Toronto. Death Bell died in Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 ..., aged 88. References 1910 births 1998 deaths Canadian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Bell (nurse)
Jane Bell (1873–1959) was an Scotland-born Australian nurse and midwife. She is best known for her work with List of Australian Army medical units in World War I#Australian General Hospital, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) field hospitals in Egypt in World War I, and for her advocacy for the nursing profession. Career Bell was born on 16 March 1873 in Middlebie, a farm in Scotland. After the death of both her parents and four of her siblings from tuberculosis Bell migrated to Sydney with her remaining siblings (two sisters and a brother) and was assisted in doing so by her family's Church of Scotland, Presbyterian parish. The children arrived in Sydney in 1886 where she trained as a nurse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. In 1899 she was a founding member of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association. Following the completion of her training Bell was appointed Matron of the Bundaberg Hospital in 1903. Bell moved to London in 1906, where she trained in midwifery at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
