Newspaper clipping featuring a monochrome photograph of Jessie Eyre and her fellow student nurses and tutors; there are 12 women in the photograph including 7 in the back row standing up and 5 in the front row sitting down; all in nursing uniforms with white hats; two of the women in the front are …
Newspaper clipping featuring a monochrome photograph of Jessie Eyre and her fellow student nurses and tutors; there are 12 women in the photograph including 7 in the back row standing up and 5 in the front row sitting down; all in nursing uniforms with white hats; two of the women in the front are also wearing ties; the article itself discusses the nurses and tutors winning a State Scholarship; one of the nurses, Miss Jessie Eyre wrote a book about tuberculosis nursing.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to Sylvia Burkinshaw, a Registered Nurse and graduate from Scarborough Hospital. Among her many roles, she worked at the Kingston General Hospital from 1961 up until her retirement in 1984, mainly as the Superintendent of Nurses.
On the front: "Sister Tutor Wins University State Scholarship // WITH HER FELLOW TUTORS AND GROUP OF STUDENT // NURSES, Miss Jessie G. Eyre, Senior Sister Tutor (centre, front // row) of St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010 Assorted Binder C pg 13 b
Length
11.4 cm
Width
20.7 cm
Depth
0.01 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 11.4 cm X Width 20.7 cm X Depth 0.01 cm
Condition Remarks
Slightly discoloured due to age; ripped piece of newspaper, torn unevenly
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"Sylvia M Burkinshaw," Obituary, http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oId=495295
Research Facts
Sylvia Burkinshaw was born at Scarborough, Yorkshire, England in 1919 and died on Sunday May 1, 2011 at the Kingston General Hospital. Only daughter of John Frederick and Margaret Burkinshaw. Following graduation as a Registered Nurse at Scarborough Hospital and as a Midwife at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital London, she served as a Nursing Sister in Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service through World War II. In 1950 she returned to civilian nursing at University College Hospital, London. An International Red Cross Scholarship award enabled her to travel to Canada to continue her health care career. She worked at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto from 1956 to 1961 and at the Kingston General Hospital from 1961 until her retirement in 1984.