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The title of matron was first used in the 16th century in the United Kingdom (UK) for the housekeeper role in voluntary hospitals. [9] The radical reforms of nursing promoted by Florence Nightingale argued not just that nurses should be trained but that the hospital nursing staff and their training should come under the control of one senior nurse – the matron.
Matron literature, a literary genre which focuses on older female characters as protagonists; Matron of honor, a married senior bridesmaid; Matron's badge, a gentlewoman's headdress worn in the Scottish Highlands in former times; Matron Head, 1816–1839 design of the Coronet large cent issued by the United States Mint
Matron, a native of Pitane in Aeolis, was a celebrated writer of parodies upon Homer, often quoted by Eustathius and Athenaeus. [ 1 ] He was probably a contemporary of Hegemon of Thasos , about the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth centuries BC, but at all events he cannot be placed later than the time of Philip of Macedon .
Matron literature (also known as hen lit) is a literary genre which focuses on older female characters as protagonists. The genre has increased in popularity as the baby boomers have aged and female readers have sought characters to identify with. [ 1 ]
Matres and Matronae appear depicted on both stones with inscriptions and without, both as altars and votives. All depictions are frontal; they appear almost exclusively in threes with at least one figure holding a basket of fruit in her lap and the women are either standing or sitting.
[13] [14] [nb 5] So, in 1901, the census finds Sparshott as a matron aged 30, in residential accommodation at the latter hospital. [14] She was then appointed matron at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, where she remained until 1907. [7] [13] [15] Sparshott was the lady superintendent (or matron) of Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) from 17 August ...
Muriel Powell was appointed In the Queen's Honors' list, first, as a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) [5] in 1962 and then as a Dame (DBE) [6] in 1968 for her services to nursing, and specifically her membership of the Salmon Committee and including her tenure as matron of St George's Hospital, London.
Maritime flag of Matson, Inc.. Matson, Inc., is an American shipping and navigation services company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.Founded in 1882, [2] Matson, Inc.'s subsidiary Matson Navigation Company provides ocean shipping services across the Pacific to Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Micronesia, the Pacific islands, China, and Japan.