Lucy Osburn, a lady displaced
Subtitle: Florence Nightingale's envoy to Australia
By: by Judith Godden.
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781920898397
Subjects: Osburn, Lucy, -- ca. 1836-1891.; Nightingale, Florence, -- 1820-1910.; Nurses -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Biography.; Nursing -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Lucy Osburn (1836-1891) was the founder of modern nursing in Australia who also pioneered the employment of high status professional women in public institutions. Osburn's triumphs and trials in New South Wales typify the struggles the colony faced in its relations with the Mother Country and with new roles in the workplace for women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-363) and index.