Livingston, Nora G.E. (1848–1927)
Livingston, Nora G.E. (1848–1927)
Canadian nurse. Name variations: Nora Gertude Elizabeth Livingston. Born May 17, 1848, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; died July 24, 1927, in Val Morin, Quebec, Canada; graduate of New York Hospital Training School, 1889.
Nursing education pioneer in Canada, 1st served as superintendent of nurses at New York Hospital; at Montreal General Hospital, served as superintendent of nurses (1890–1919), as director of the newly opened nurse training school, and established a nurses' home (1897); instituted (1906) the 1st preliminary training class in Canada.
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