Lucy Osburn, a Lady Displaced : Florence Nightingale's Envoy to Australia / Judith Godden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godden, Judith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History of Nursing.

Biography.

Nurses.

Australia.

Osburn, Lucy, 1835-1891.

Osburn, Lucy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 373 pages) : illustrations some color

Other Title:

Lucy Osburn, a Lady Displaced

Place of Publication:

Sydney, Australia : University of Sydney, 2006.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1: Discovering Lucy Osburn

2: A Yorkshire childhood

3: Two women in search of a purpose

4: Australia and the Imperial Dream

5: Lucy Osburn, Lady Probationer

6: Preparations for Sydney

7: A royal welcome

8: Taking control

9: Resignation

10: Letters to Nightingale

11: Under attack

12: Desperate love in accident ward

13: Slander and scandal

14: Bible burning

15: Alliances broken and cemented

16: The Royal Commisssion, 1873

17: Defending Miss Osburn

18: Changing of the guard

19: Intolerable pressure

20: Starting again

21: Conclusion and epilogue.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-74332-231-3