Local nursing associations in an age of nursing reform, 1860-1900
Journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2012

This thesis examines the establishment and work of local nursing associations in provincial England between 1860 and 1900. It challenges the conventional idea that nursing reform was a hospital based phenomenon. Reform was supported by urban elites, people with strong religious convictions and medical practitioners. In addition, associations helped to facilitate the entry of women into management in both voluntary and paid positions. This research indicates that nursing reform took place alongsi