Flora Masson
Flora Masson | |
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Born | 1856 |
Died | c. 4 October 1937 |
Nationality | British |
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Flora Masson (1856 – c. 4 October 1937) [1] was a Scottish suffragette, nurse, writer and an editor.
Early life
Flora Masson was born 1856 as the oldest of four children [2]. She was first of three daughters of Professor David Masson and Emily Rosaline Orme.[3] She trained as a nurse at St. Thomas's Hospital, London and later worked at the Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and the Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton (now Homerton University Hospital) as a matron.
Campaigning for women's suffrage
She campaigned for female enfranchisement with her sister Rosaline and was a close friend of Florence Nightingale. [2]
World War I
She was awarded the Royal Red Cross of the 1st class "in recognition of valuable services under “ The British Red Cross Society,” or “ Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England,” rendered in connection with the war". [4]
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Publications
Editor
- Memories of London in the 'Forties (1908)
- Memories of Two Cities (1911)
Writer
- The Heart Is Highland (1932)
- Charles Lamb (1913)
- The Brontes (1912)
See also
External links
Works written by or about Flora Masson at Wikisource
References
- ↑ The biographical dictionary of Scottish women : from the earliest times to 2004. Ewan, Elizabeth., Innes, Sue., Reynolds, Sian. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2006. ISBN 9780748626601. OCLC 367680960.
- 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. 4 October 1937. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ↑ Fenwick, Bedford, ed. (24 May 1919). "Honours for Nurses" (PDF). The British Journal of Nursing. 62: 347. Retrieved 8 June 2018 – via Royal College of Nursing's archive.