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Ethel Gordon Fenwick (née Manson; 26 January 1857 – 13 March 1947) was a British nurse who played a major role in the History of Nursing in the United Kingdom.She campaigned to procure a nationally recognised certificate for nursing, to safeguard the title "Nurse", and lobbied Parliament to pass a law to control nursing and limit it to "registered" nurses only.
On 1 July 1899, Ethel Gordon Fenwick proposed that an International Council of Nurses (ICN), a federation of national nursing associations, should be created. She made her proposal at the annual conference of the Matron’s Council of Britain and Ireland .
Ethel Gordon Fenwick was the first nurse on the English register. The National Asylum Workers' Union organised strikes at Prestwich Hospital, Whittingham Hospital and Bodmin Hospital in 1918. It threatened to organise strikes in all the London asylums in support of a 48-hour week in 1919. The Professional Union of Trained Nurses was founded in ...
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Born in 1928, Ethel spent her 96 years on Earth becoming a highly respected humanitarian—she established the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights charity and even received the Presidential Medal of ...
Ethel's grandchildren were born into a rich history from her 11 children. Kathleen and her husband, David Townsend, had four daughters: Meaghan Anne Kennedy Townsend, born Nov. 7, 1977; Maeve ...
He acted as trustee and treasurer, [2] [4] while Mrs. Bedford Fenwick was the president. The aims of the College were "efficient professional and civic education, economic security, legal protection, social and benevolent help". [2] Ethel Bedford Fenwick died in 1947 and the BCN closed in 1956. [5]
Ethel Kennedy was a dear friend with a passion for justice, an irrepressible spirit, and a great sense of humor. She touched the lives of countless people around the world with her generosity and ...