Strong minded woman (women)
I have to say feisty, brave and resilient women are a true inspiration - well to me anyway. The person being honoured today fits that description to a tee! I can't help but like and admire her. BESSIE SIMPSON nee CHANT Bessie arrived in Sydney on 5 March 1868 as part of the contingent of five nurses sent to Sydney at the request of the Colonial Secretary, Sir Henry Parkes. They were led by Lucy Osborn, who had trained and studied at the Nightingale Training School attached to St Thomas's Hospital, London and worked in both men's and women's surgical, medical and accident wards. She also studied midwifery skills. At the time the Sydney Infirmary Hospital (later known as the Sydney Hospital) was a place of disease and Sir Henry had written to Nightingale, at the time the world authority on nursing, imploring her to send out trained nurses to attend to the urgent matter. Sydney Infirmary Hospital (as it was known) - Wikipedia Part of the criteria for the women ...