Agnes Elizabeth Jones

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Agnes Elizabeth Jones was a pioneering 19th-century Irish nurse and hospital reformer who became the first trained nursing superintendent of Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary and an early exemplar of Florence Nightingale’s principles.

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instanceOf 19th-century nurse
Irish person
hospital reformer
nurse
woman
activeYearsEnd 1868
activeYearsStart 1850s
associatedWith Florence Nightingale’s principles of nursing
Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary nursing reforms
birthDate 1832-11-10
birthPlace Fahan, County Donegal, Ireland
causeOfDeath typhus
commemoratedIn memorials and biographies on early nursing reformers
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
deathDate 1868-02-19
describedAs pioneering 19th-century Irish nurse and hospital reformer
educatedAt Florence Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital
employer Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary
familyName Jones
fieldOfWork hospital reform
nursing
workhouse infirmary reform
gender female
givenName Agnes
hasOccupation nurse
nursing administrator
influencedBy Florence Nightingale
knownFor improving standards of care for the poor in workhouse infirmaries
organizing trained nurses in a workhouse setting
legacy considered an early exemplar of professional nursing in public institutions
movement Nightingale nursing movement
name Agnes Elizabeth Jones
notableFor implementing Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles in a workhouse infirmary
pioneering work in nursing in workhouse infirmaries
placeOfDeath Kensington, London, England
positionHeld first trained nursing superintendent of Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary
nursing superintendent
religion Anglicanism
workLocation Liverpool, England
linked to: Liverpool

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