Nursing & Midwifery
Baroness Sophie Mannerheim, 1862-1928
Display No. 124
Training at the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in 1899, and pioneer for modern nursing in Finland, Mannerheim was regarded as the ‘Florence Nightingale of Finland’.
Unusual for the time, she divorced in 1902 and decided to train as a nurse. She later rose to become President of the Finnish Nurses’ Association and eventually President of the International Council of Nurses in 1925.
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Nightingale is respected worldwide for her pioneering role in developing the nursing profession, her statistical work, and her evidence-based approach to healthcare. In honour of her bicentenary the World Health Organisation have named 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
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