- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0098
Bell, Jane
(1873 – 1959)- Born 16 March, 1873, Dumfriesshire Scotland
- Died 6 August, 1959, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Hospital Matron, Nurse
Summary
Jane Bell was lady superintendent of Melbourne Hospital 1910-1934. She was responsible for 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. She was appointed OBE – Officer of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) – 1 January 1944 for her work as president of the Royal Victoria College of Nursing.
Events
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2013 - 2013
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Bell, Jane (1873-1959), Gardiner, Lyndsay, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070254b.htm
- Bell, Jane (1873 - 1959), Biographical Entry, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000970b.htm
- Book
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove: Bell, Jane (1873-1959), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-763085
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders