Matrons' Council For Great Britain And Ireland
The Matrons' Council for Great Britain and Ireland was established in 1894 during the campaign for the registration of nurses. Margaret Huxley (1854–1940) was a founder member. Agnes Karll (1868–1927) of Germany was named an honorary member for her role in nursing reform and advancing the nursing profession. The Council was represented on the Central Committee for the State Registration of Nurses in 1908. References {{reflist Nursing organisations in the United Kingdom ...
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Margaret Huxley
Margaret Rachel Huxley (1854–1940) was an English nurse who introduced structured, scientific nursing training in Ireland. Her initiatives led to the establishment of the first nursing school in Dublin. She was involved in numerous organisations promoting professionalism in nursing and campaigning for nurse registration throughout the British Isles. Early life She was born in Croydon, Surrey on 21 December 1854 to Esther (''née'' Hopkins) and William Thomas Huxley, a railway official who was the brother of the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley. She was inspired by Florence Nightingale's work and decided to become a nurse, even though her family were opposed to this idea. She trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, starting in 1880. Huxley became friends with the matron, Ethel Manson (later Mrs. Bedford Fenwick), and shared her ideas about promoting nursing as a profession. Career Her first job was at the Dublin National Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1883. She was soon invit ...
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