Margaret Scott-Wright (1923 – 11 March 2008) was a Professor of Nursing at the
University of Edinburgh, and later head of nursing schools in Canada. Her research related to
public health and
nursing education. In 1971, she became the first professor in Nursing Studies in the United Kingdom.
Early life and education
Margaret Scott-Wright was from
Norwich.
She earned a degree in history at the
University of Edinburgh in 1946.
She also earned certification as a nurse and as a
midwife at the
St George's Hospital
St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundatio ...
School of Nursing in London.
In 1961, she completed doctoral work on
public health at the University of Edinburgh.
Her research considered the factors of success or failure in Scottish student nurses.
Career
After training, Scott-Wright stayed at St George's Hospital as deputy matron, then worked as director of nursing at
Middlesex Hospital.
When
Elsie Stephenson
Elsie Stephenson (22 January 1916 – 16 July 1967) was the first Director of the Nursing Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh, which was founded in 1956 as the first university department of Nursing in the UK.
Early life
Stephenson w ...
died in 1967, Scott-Wright succeeded her as director of the
nursing studies program at Edinburgh, and in 1971 became the first chair of a nursing studies department in the United Kingdom.
She was a member of the
Briggs Committee on nursing education,
and served a term as vice president of the
International Council of Nurses (ICN).
Scott-Wright moved to Canada in 1976, where she served as director of the School of Nursing at
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...
in
Nova Scotia for three years, and as dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the
University of Calgary from 1979 until her retirement in 1985, with one final stint as acting dean to cover a vacancy in 1989.
Scott-Wright and others built a foundation for Canada's first doctoral program in nursing at Calgary.
Personal life and legacy
Margaret Scott-Wright retired to Norwich, and died in 2008, aged 84 years.
The
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing held an annual Margaret Scott Wright Research Day, to highlight student and faculty research in the field, until 2019, when it was renamed the Dr. Shirley Stinson Research Conference, after one of Scott-Wright's colleagues. The University of Calgary offered an annual Margaret Scott Wright Scholarship for nursing student.
References
External links
* Margaret Scott-Wright,
Nursing and Universities' (1973).
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Scottish nurses
1923 births
2008 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Calgary
Academic staff of the Dalhousie University