I trained at The London Hospital, Whitechapel as a nurse, and later worked as a District Nurse in Poplar and Brick Lane. Training and working in one of the oldest hospitals gave me a sense of the history of nursing; Edith Cavell trained at The London Hospital, and her statue which is outside the National Portrait Gallery, London still has a wreath laid every year by two sisters from The Royal London Hospital on 12th October, the anniversary of her execution.
After I married, I worked as a District Nurse in Sevenoaks until 2003, when two serious illnesses forced me to stop working. I became interested in the history behind the names and the people on nurses badges and using family history research/ genealogy skills I enjoy finding out about their lives. I was given a Maidstone Typhoid Medal as a special birthday present and I have really enjoyed trying to trace the history of the recipient of this medal. I studied for a Master of Letters/ M.Litt. in Local and Family History with Dundee University which allowed me to pace myself as energy allowed. I have completed my dissertation into the social class and training of the nurses who worked in the epidemic at Maidstone.
I would very much like to hear from people who have any information about the Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic, for example a medal, or photographs and facts about people who were awarded a medal, or were involved with the epidemic.
In July 2022 I successfully completed my doctoral research at the University of Huddersfield into Eva Luckes, matron of The London Hospital from 1880-1919. Eva was a friend and protégée of Florence Nightingale's and one of the most influential nurses of her period. I established that she trained and shaped at least 474 matrons and examined how she often vicariously influenced the development of the nascent nursing profession. I have a contract to write her biography which I hope will be published in 2025-2026.
Thank you for looking at my site, Sarah Rogers.
Copyright: Sarah Rogers 31 January 2023
After I married, I worked as a District Nurse in Sevenoaks until 2003, when two serious illnesses forced me to stop working. I became interested in the history behind the names and the people on nurses badges and using family history research/ genealogy skills I enjoy finding out about their lives. I was given a Maidstone Typhoid Medal as a special birthday present and I have really enjoyed trying to trace the history of the recipient of this medal. I studied for a Master of Letters/ M.Litt. in Local and Family History with Dundee University which allowed me to pace myself as energy allowed. I have completed my dissertation into the social class and training of the nurses who worked in the epidemic at Maidstone.
I would very much like to hear from people who have any information about the Maidstone Typhoid Epidemic, for example a medal, or photographs and facts about people who were awarded a medal, or were involved with the epidemic.
In July 2022 I successfully completed my doctoral research at the University of Huddersfield into Eva Luckes, matron of The London Hospital from 1880-1919. Eva was a friend and protégée of Florence Nightingale's and one of the most influential nurses of her period. I established that she trained and shaped at least 474 matrons and examined how she often vicariously influenced the development of the nascent nursing profession. I have a contract to write her biography which I hope will be published in 2025-2026.
Thank you for looking at my site, Sarah Rogers.
Copyright: Sarah Rogers 31 January 2023