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Edith Elizabeth Greaves | |
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| Born | 2 November 1979 Martley, Worcestershire |
| Alma mater | The London Hospital |
| Occupation(s) | Midwife and Midwifery leader |
Edith Elizabeth Greaves, MBE, OBE, Nurse, Midwife, Midwifery leader and Matron of City of London Maternity Hospital 1912-1944.[1][2][3][4][5] She was appointed by the Ministry of Health to the Central Midwives' Board, and a member of the Council of the College of Midwives.[6][7][8]
Early life
[edit]Greaves was born in 1880 in Worcester to her father, Walter, a farmer and his wife Elizabeth. Edith was the oldest of at least five daughters. By the time Greaves was 21 her father had died, and she was working as a hospital clerk.[9] Greaves worked as Assistant Secretary at Birmingham Children's Hospital for over three years before she started nurse training.[10]
Career
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Greaves trained as a nurse at The London Hospital under Matron Eva Luckes between 1902-1906.[11] Following completion of her training she trained as a midwife at The London, and worked as a staff nurse, midwifery sister and nurses home sister. Greaves applied for the matronship of Birmingham Infirmary but Lückes ‘had already recommended a candidate who had far more experience in general management than Edith Greaves’.[12] In 1912 Greaves was appointed as matron of the City of London Maternity Hospital and held the post for at least 32 years.[2] She was a member of the Council for the College of Midwives, and the Central Midwives Board.[1][3]
Honours
[edit]Greaves was awarded an MBE in June 1933.[13]
Greaves was appointed an OBE in 1944 for her services to midwifery.[1]
Retirement and death
[edit]Greaves retired after 1946, and may have moved to Birchington, Kent. A local maternity department was named the Edith Greaves Maternity Unit in and greaves may have died in Thanet in 1967.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "New Year Honours". Nursing Notes. 57 (674): 12. February 1944 – via Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide Collection: Historical Nursing.
- ^ a b "Miss Edith E. Greaves". The Nursing Times. 8 (367): 522. 11 May 1912 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ a b "Among the New Years Honours". The Nursing Times. 40 (2): 20. 8 January 1944 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ "Appointments: Matron". The British Journal of Nursing. 48 (1258): 370. 11 May 1912 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ "New Year's Honours". The British Journal of Nursing. 92: 3. January 1944.
- ^ "Central Midwives' Board". Nursing Notes. 40 (473): 64. May 1927 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ "Central Midwives' Board". The British Journal of Nursing. 75 (1906): 126. May 1927 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ "New Year Honours". Midwives' Chronicle and Nursing Notes. 57 (674): 28. February 1944 – via Women's Studies Archive.
- ^ Evidence taken from 1891, 1901 and ONS Birth registers.
- ^ Edith Elizabeth Greaves, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/9, 124; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ Rogers, Sarah (2022). "A Maker of Matrons"? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders: 1880–1919 (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022).
- ^ Edith Elizabeth Greaves, Register of Sisters and Nurses; RLHLH/N/4/2, 147; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ^ "Members of the Civil Division". The London Gazette: 3809. 2 June 1933 – via The Lonodn Gazette.
- ^ Awaiting copy of her probable will