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Plaques listing Matrons of Manchester Royal Infirmary. The chief nurse, in other words the person in charge of nursing in a hospital and the head of the nursing staff, is also known as the Chief Nursing officer or Chief Nursing Executive, senior nursing officer, [1] matron, [2] nursing officer, [3] or clinical nurse manager in UK English; the head nurse or director of nursing in US English, [4 ...
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.
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
[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 ...
Quinta Claudia towing Cybele's ship, dressed as a Vestal Virgin. Painting by Lambert Lombard (16th century).. Quinta Claudia was a Roman matron said to have been instrumental in bringing the goddess Cybele, "Great Mother" of the gods from her shrine in Greek Asia Minor to Rome in 204 BC, during the last years of Rome's Second Punic War against Carthage.
The Monument of Matrones (1582) was the first published anthology of English women's writing. [1] A compilation of prayers and meditations written largely by and for women published in London, its full title was The Monument of Matrones: Conteining Seven Severall Lamps of Virginitie, or Distinct Treatises; Whereof the First Five Concerne Praier ...