McMaster, Elizabeth Jennet (1847–1903)

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McMaster, Elizabeth Jennet (1847–1903)

Canadian nurse. Name variations: Elizabeth Jennet Wyllie. Born Elizabeth Jennet Wyllie, Dec 27, 1847, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died Mar 3, 1903, in Chicago, IL; dau. of Mary Ann (Reid) Wyllie and George Wyllie; graduate of Illinois Training School for Nurses in Chicago, 1891; m. Samuel Fenton McMaster, 1865; children: 4.

Established the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children (1875), Canada's 1st children's hospital, and the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children's Training School for Nurses (1886); after newspaper owner John Ross Robertson donated funds to build a larger home for the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children (1883), became the 1st superintendent of the new building.

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