page_title: Agnes Jones
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Agnes Jones / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: One of a set of windows on the staircase leading to the Lady Chapel in Liverpool Anglican cathedral. They commemorate the lives of 'noble women', who have made some significant contribution to the world in the service of others. The windows combine portraits of well-known heroines like Grace Darling, shown here but also honour more obscure women, who may only have been known locally or in their own time. These include, in this particular window, Mary Rogers, a stewardess who made a personal sacrifice during a shipwreck in 1899, Kitty Wilkinson, a local laundress, who set up an early wash house in Liverpool in 1842 and Agnes Jones, the first trained nurse at the local workhouse infirmary, who looked after the sick and the poor of Liverpool and herself died of typhus, caught during her nursing duties.
context_page_description: Agnes Elizabeth Jones of Fahan, County Donegal, Ireland became the first trained Nursing Superintendent of Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary. She gave all her time and energy to her patients and died at the age of 35 from typhus fever. Florence Nightingale said of Agnes Elizabeth Jones, ‘She overworked as others underwork. I looked upon hers as one of the most valuable lives in England.’
context_section_description: Jones' contribution to the welfare of the sick paupers was enormous, and she worked tirelessly to make the experiment a success. However the work took its toll upon her, and at the age of just 35 years of age she died of typhus fever. This condition was endemic among the poor of Liverpool during this period. Jones's only
  publication was a Bible study, The Gospel Promises shown in Isaiah I to VI. Her sister published her Memorials of Agnes Elizabeth Jones in 1871. A Guardian review of Nightingale's introduction said it "should read like a trumpet call in the ears of any lady who is conscious of a similar vocation".
  The memory of her outstanding contribution to nursing, to Liverpool and to the poor is commemorated in Liverpool. A window in the Anglican Cathedral is dedicated to her memory, and a statue to her exists in the Cathedral Oratory. Also, a local housing association has named a large student hall of residence after her.
  Agnes Jones is now buried in her beloved Ireland. Her recently refurbished grave can be found in the quiet country graveyard of Fahan, 4 miles east from Buncranna in County Donegal. This graveyard is also home to one of the oldest Celtic covering stones in Ireland dating back to the time of St. Columba.
caption: Agnes Jones detail from a window in Liverpool Anglican cathedral
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