Evelyn Pepper
| Evelyn Pepper | |
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| Born | 3 March 1905  Ottawa |
| Died | 2 April 1998 (aged 93) Ottawa |
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Evelyn Agnes Pepper CStJ CM RRC (3 March 1905 – 2 April 1998) was a Canadian nurse and nursing sister, named as a Commander of the Order of St John. She was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal and was made Honorary President of the Nursing Sisters Association of Canada[1]
Life[]
Pepper was born in Ottawa, Ontario and graduated from Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1928 before attending McGill University. She served as a Nursing Sister for the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in England, Italy, the Netherlands and France during World War II. She received the Royal Red Cross (RRC) in 1945 for her service as a nurse in WWII.
She was awarded the Order of Canada in 1996 for her "outstanding example of dedication, professionalism and responsibility," as well as her leadership, contributions to health care, and disaster emergency planning.[2] Pepper died in her native Ottawa in 1998, aged 93. She never married.
References[]
- ^ "Biodata". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ^ "Recipients". 11 June 2018.
Sources[]
- Guly, Christopher. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 4 June 1998, page A20
- 1903 births
- 1998 deaths
- Canadian military nurses
- Women nurses
- Commanders of the Order of St John
- McGill University alumni
- Members of the Order of Canada
- People from Ottawa
- Canadian women in World War II
- World War II nurses
- Florence Nightingale Medal recipients