13 Facts About Rosalind Paget

Dame Mary Rosalind Paget, DBE, ARRC, was a noted British nurse, midwife and reformer.

Rosalind Paget was the first superintendent, later inspector general, of the Queen's Jubilee Institute for District Nursing, which was renamed as the Queen's Institute of District Nursing in 1928 and as the Queen's Nursing Institute in 1973.

Rosalind Paget gained experience and trained at a number of hospitals and in a number of specialities including general and children's nursing, maternity care and medical massage.

Rosalind Paget worked at the Westminster Hospital, London in 1875 and for four months in 1876.

Rosalind Paget was awarded the Certificate of the Central Midwives Board in October 1903.

Rosalind Paget was an active member of the Matron's Aid Society, later the Midwives' Institute, which is the Royal College of Midwives.

Rosalind Paget founded and helped edit the institute's journal, Nursing Notes.

Rosalind Paget was a founder member of the Society of Trained Masseuses, which later became the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Rosalind Paget was a supporter of women's suffrage; in July 1908 she led 20 members in a suffrage procession under the banner of Florence Nightingale.

Rosalind Paget was the daughter of John Rosalind Paget and his wife, Elizabeth.

Rosalind Paget was a niece of the social reformer William Rathbone VI who contributed to the development of the Queens Nursing Institute.

Rosalind Paget is remembered on a family memorial in Brompton Cemetery.

Rosalind Paget was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.