Cartwright, Sophia Ellen
Miss Cartwright was a member of the Matron's Council and of the League of St Batholomew's Hospital Nurses. Beloved by many, honoured by all who knew her, she has passed to her rest an example of uprightness and honourable dealing to all who come after. Would that there were many of such singleness of purpose and high professional ideals as were demonstrated in her noble life of duty well performed, of quiet beauty and purity of action. Never more than at present were they needed in our Profession
Biographical
| Registration number | 237 |
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| Surname | Cartwright |
| First name(s) | Sophia Ellen |
| Address(es) | Ulceby Manor, Alford, Lincolnshire |
| Date of registration | 7 March 1890 |
| Qualifications | Certificate, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1885 - 89 |
| Remarks | Withdrawn August 30 1899 |
Personal details
| Date of birth | 1857 |
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| Place of birth | Ulceby, Lancashire |
| Date of death | 2nd March 1925 |
| Place of death | Alford, Lancashire |
| Additional personal details | Address 1891: 12 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, St Marylebone |
Professional details
| Additional qualifications | Cert. for Home Nursing, Gordon House Home Hosp., 1889 - 96 |
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| Work experience | Registered Nurse, 1890 |
| Professional activities | Member of the Matrons' Council. Secretary to Registered Nurses' Society 1896 'to date' (ie 1909) |
| Additional professional details | Name summarily removed from the Register of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales in 1924 for the non-payment of the relevant 5s retention fee. Miss Cartwright had suffered two cerebral haemorrhages in 1923 (she was nursed by Miss Hannah Brewerton, RBNA Regn No 92, at the time of her first attack) and then became a patient at the Alford War Memorial Hospital. The Matron at Alford paid the 5s fee and arranged for the related correspondence to be printed in the British Journal of Nursing, highlighting the poor practices of the staff at the Register which Miss Cartwright had worked so hard to establish |
| Sources | RBNA Registers: 1890 and 1909 |