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Harriet Alsop MBE, SRN | |
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| Born | October 31, 1867 Rugby, Warwickshire |
| Died | December 13, 1950 Kensington, London. |
| Occupations | Hospital Nurse and Matron |
| Known for | Leader of the nursing profession in the UK |
Harriet Amelia Alsop MBE SRN (31 October 1867 - 13 December 1950) was a British Nurse, leader of the nursing profession and advocate for nurses and nursing within the Poor Law system.
Early life
[edit]Harriet Amelia Alsop was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England to William and Louise Alsop (nee Webb).[1] Her parents died when she was a young child and she was brought up by her grandfather, an agricultural labourer, and grandmother.[1][2]
Early nursing career
[edit]Alsop undertook nurse training at Birmingham Union Infirmary 1899-1901.[3] Following a period as Assistant Matron at Leeds Union Infirmary, she was appointed matron at Kensington Institution Infirmary in 1907.[4]
Later nursing career
[edit]Alsop remained matron at the infirmary, which was renamed as St. Mary Abbots Hospital, until her retirement in 1929.[5] Her contribution to the hospital was acknowledged on her death when a window in the hospital chapel was designed and dedicated to her.[6]
As a matron of a leading Poor Law Infirmary, Alsop was a public advocate for nurse registration, publishing letters of support in the Times newspaper.[7] Alsop was a founding member of Poor Law Infirmaries' Matrons Association, elected to the committee as assistant then Honorary Secretary.[8][9] Alsop was also an early member of the College of Nursing, later the Royal College of Nursing, and number 148 on their 1916 Register of Nurses.[5][10] Alsop was also an advocate for the training of nurses in the Poor Law Infirmaries.[5] She was elected in 1923 as a representative of the Poor Law Infirmaries' nurse training schools to the newly established General Nursing Council of England and Wales (GNC).[5] Alsop served on the GNC until 1932.[11] In 1923 Alsop was the GNC's nominated representative on the Minister of Health’s Committee on the Training of Poor Law Nurses.[12]
Alsop was concerned about the situation of retired and poor nurses and advocated for systems for pensions and annuities for nurses. She was a council member of the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses.[5][13]
Alsop died on 13th December 1950 in St. Mary Abbots Hospital.[5]
Honours
[edit]1918 Lady of Grace of the Order of St John.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Harriet Amelia Alsop". Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 Andrews Collection. Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, Kent, England. 1952 – via Ancestry .
- ↑ "1871 Census. Class: RG10; Piece: 3186; Folio: 131; Page: 4; GSU roll: 839250". 1871 Census The National Archives; Kew, London, England. 1871 – via Ancestry.
- ↑ Register of Nurses. Royal College of Nursing. 1916. p. 5 – via UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968; Ancestry.
- ↑ "Kensington Board of Guardians". The Kensington News. 14 June 1907. p. 5 – via FindMyPast.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Obituary". Nursing Times. Vol. 47. 6 January 1951. p. 23.
- ↑ "New Chapel Windows Unveiled at Hospital". Kensington Post. 27 November 1953. p. 5 – via FindMyPast.
- ↑ Alsop, Harriet (20 July 1908). "Nurses' Registration". The Times. London. p. 5.
- ↑ "The Association of Poor Law Matrons". Nursing Times. Vol. 3, no. 130. 26 October 1907. p. 950 – via Royal College of Nursing Historical Nursing Journals Archive.
- ↑ "Poor Law Infirmary Matrons' Association". The Nursing Record. Vol. 57, no. 1492. 4 November 1916. p. 371 – via Royal College of Nursing Historical Nursing Journals Archive.
- ↑ Alsop, Harriet Amelia (1916). Register of Nurses. College of Nursing – via UK & Ireland, Nursing Registers, 1898-1968, Ancestry.
- ↑ Bendall, e; Duffield, R (1969). A history of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, 1919-1969. London: H. K. Lewis. p. 276.
- ↑ "The training of Poor Law Nurses". The Times. London. 25 September 1923. p. 12.
- ↑ "Annuities For Nurses". The Times. London. 23 May 1935. p. 11.
- ↑ "Order Of St. John". The Times. London. 30 January 1918. p. 10.
- ↑ "Members of the British Empire". Supplement to The London Gazette Number 33675. London. 30 December 1930. p. 9.