Biographical entry Bell, Jane (1873 - 1959)
OBE
- Born
- 16 March 1873
Dumfriesshire, Scotland - Died
- 6 August 1959
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Nurse
Summary
Jane Bell was lady superintendent of Melbourne Hospital 1910-1934. She made many innovations, including replacement of male orderlies by sisters in the operating theatres; the appointment of tutor-sisters to instruct trainees and of a house-sister to supervise the nurses' quarters; the introduction of a six-week preliminary course; and pay for trainee-nurses.
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Events
- 1898
- Career position - Nursing Certificate completed at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1898 - 1903
- Career position - Various staff appointments
- 1903 - 1904
- Career position - Matron at Bundaberg Hospital, Queensland
- 1904 - 1906
- Career position - Matron at Brisbane General Hospital
- 1906 - 1907
- Career position - Midwifery training at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London
- 1907 - 1910
- Career position - Senior Assistant Superintendent of Nurses at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
- 1910 - 1934
- Career position - Lady Superintendent of Melbourne Hospital
- 1913 - 1915
- Career position - Australian Army Nursing Service
- 1924 - 1950
- Career position - Member of the Nurses' Board
- 1931 - 1934
- Career position - President of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing
- 1938 - 1946
- Career position - President of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing
- 1944
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Goodman, Rupert and Williams, Jennifer A., Jane Bell, OBE, Lady Superintendent: the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 1910-1934, Spectrum Publications, Melbourne, 1988, 281 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Gardiner, Lyndsay, 'Bell, Jane (1873-1959), hospital matron', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 257. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070254b.htm. Details
- Williams, Jennifer, 'Jane Bell (1873-1959) hospital matron', in Heather Radi (ed.), 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988. Details
Edited Books
- Radi, H. (ed.), 200 Australian Women: a Redress Anthology, Women's Redress Press Inc, Sydney, 1988, 268 pp. Details
Online Resources
- 'Bell, Jane (1873-1959), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0098b.htm. Details
- 'Bell, Jane (1873-1959)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-763085. Details
See also
- Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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