Zepherina Veitch (1836 -1894)
Dame Rosalind Paget (1855 - 1948)
Pioneering midwives trained at the British Lying-in Hospital, founded 1739 and sited here, 1849 - 1913.
Seven Dials Trust
The plaque gives 1739 as the foundation date but sources give 1749.
WC2, Endell Street, 24
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch
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Nurse and midwife. Trained at the British Lying-in Hospital. She was the firs...
Nurse and midwife. She trained at University College Hospital and at the Brit...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch
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