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Nursing in Edinburgh

Here we have compiled information on notable Edinburgh nurses as well as other digitally available resources on nursing in Edinburgh.

Angelique Pringle 1846-1920

Angelique was a Scottish nurse who was widely considered Florence Nightingale’s favourite and a highly accomplished nurse. She became, alongside Elizabeth Barclay, the first fully trained matron for the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh.

This resource offers an overview of her life and career:

https://thehistorygirlsscotland.com/2018/05/15/angelique-lucille-pringle-florence-nightingales-favourite-disciple/

Correspondence between Angelique and Florence Nightingale: https://images.is.ed.ac.uk/luna/servlet/view/search?search=SUBMIT&q=angelique+pringle&dateRangeStart=&dateRangeEnd=&sort=work_source_page_no%2Cwork_display_date&QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA

Elsie Stephenson 1916-1967

Elsie was English nurse who in 1956 became the first Director of Nursing Studies Unit at the Edinburgh University, the first of its kind in the UK.

An article written on the University of Edinburgh webpage which gives a brief description of Elsie’s life:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/equality-diversity/celebrating-diversity/inspiring-women/women-in-history/elsie-stephenson

An article written for the Glasgow Herald about Elsie:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H7ZAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6250%2C3562255

Unsung Heroes:

This project explores nursing history in Edinburgh through nursing badges held in the LHSA collection:

https://nursingbadges.wordpress.com/

Nursing Badges, photo album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/49439570@N08/sets/72157625849589925/show/

Medicine in the City- 500 years of Medical Teaching in Edinburgh:

A Google Arts & Culture online exhibition which explores the history of medical education in Edinburgh:

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/uQXRUMWmY0DKZQ

Women and the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh between the years 1870-1950

Includes inforamtion onthe formation of the Hospital’s Nurse Training School and the treatment of medical students in the 1870s:

http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/exhibits/tales_index.html