Rogers, Gertrude Anne
We have to record with deep regret the deaths during the year of Miss Gertrude A Rogers, a founder member of the 'National Council of Nurses'.
Miss Rogers, greatly beloved and universally respected, was a pioneer nurse who trained in 1875 in the Leicester Infirmary, where she subsequently held the position of Sister, going from there on the invitation of Bishop Webb to found a hospital in Bloemfontein. At the time of the first Boer War she went to the front, receiving some years later the South African Medal for her work at that time.
In 1883 she was appointed Lady Superintendent of the Leicester Infirmary where, under her able guidance, the training school attained a high reputation in the hospital world, and where she started the first Preliminary training School in the Provinces. Miss Rogers allied herself with many forward movements, and was one of the signatories to the Royal Charted of the Royal British Nurses' Association, steadily supporting the demand for State Registration of Nurses.
She was a Vice-President of the Matrons' Council of Great Britain and of the National Council of Nurses, President of the Leicester Royal Infirmary Nurses League and a member of the International Council of Nurses. During the Great War she did good work at St John's Gate in connection with the organisation of the Trained Nurses Branch of St John Ambulance Association.
Biographical
| Registration number | 7 |
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| Surname | Rogers |
| First name(s) | Gertrude Anne |
| Address(es) | The Infirmary, Leicester |
| Date of registration | 7 March 1890 |
| Qualifications | South African Hospital, 1879 - 82 |
| Remarks | 1912 Retired |
Personal details
| Date of birth | 1852 |
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| Place of birth | Parkstone, Dorsetshire |
| Family details | Orphan (1871) from Parkstone, Dorsetshire |
| Date of death | Decmeber 1937 |
| Place of death | Weston-super-Mare |
| Additional personal details | Visiting the family of the Rector of Birkin with her sister (1851) |
Professional details
| Additional training | Entered Leicester Infirmary as a pupil in 1875 |
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| Work experience | Leicester Infirmary (Pupil and Sister), 1875 - 79 |
| Professional activities | Early member of the British Nurses Association |
| Sources | 1871 & 1891 Censuses |