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Ellen Murray (1847 - 1929) was British nurse, and the first nurse with a formal qualification to work at Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse Infirmary (now Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse).[1] She was one of the nurses researched for and featured in a 2024 exhibition at the museum based on workhouse nurses.[2]
Life
[edit]Ellen Murray was the eldest surviving daughter of James Murray and Rebecca Brining, born in 1847 in Prescot, Lancashire.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ellen Murray, 1881". www.workhousenetwork.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ "Dereham workhouse nurses are topic of new art exhibition". BBC News. 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2025-04-02.