Monica Baly
Monica Eileen Baly (24 May 1914 – 12 November 1998) was an English nurse, historian of nursing, and an advocate for social change.[1]
Early life[]
Monica Baly studied at the in London.[2]
Education and career[]
Baly trained in the followed by professional nursing training at the Middlesex Hospital. She became a chief nursing officer in 1949 for the Royal College of Nursing. Baly was also an activist working toward fair living wages for nurses through the "Raise the Roof" campaign, which resulted in a 22% pay raise. Baly lectured on social policy and the history of nursing at the and authored Nursing and Social Change in 1973.[2]
Legacy[]
Baly founded the History of Nursing Society at the Royal College of Nursing, and founded a journal for nursing history. She left money for a scholarship in the area.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b McGann, Susan. "Baly, Monica Eileen". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71239. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Haines, Catherine M. C. (2001). International women in science : a biographical dictionary to 1950. Santa Barbara, Calif. [u.a.]: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1576070905.
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