Fawkes, Barbara (1914-2002)

Also known as
Fawkes, Barbara Noel (1915-2002)
Field of activity
Nurse educator; Nurse and Educator
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-743088

Biographies

Barbara Fawkes was chief education officer and examiner for the General Nursing Council for England and Wales; principal tutor sister at the Middlesex Hospital, London; and president of the International Council of Nurses. Granted a fellowship by the Red Cross to study in America, Fawkes obtained a BSc in Nursing at Columbia University. Sponsored by the Florence Nightingale Foundation she toured Australia and New Zealand in 1953 studying Australia's hospitals and nurse training methods. She was made a Fellow of the New South Wales College of Nursing and a Life Governor of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1984. She received an OBE for her services to nursing. Fawkes visited Australia on many occasions and lived in Melbourne in her retirement in the 1980s, while continuing to serve on medical boards and participate in conferences.

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Barbara Fawkes trained as a nurse and midwife at the Middlesex Hospital School of Nursing, England, 1934-1938. She continued her nursing career into the post-World War II era. In 1942 Fawkes gained a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbia University, USA, and followed this with a year spent touring nursing schools in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In the mid-1970s Fawkes moved to Melbourne and continued to provide assistance for nurses and nursing organisations. Fawkes was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

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Resources for Barbara Fawkes

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Passion for nursing took her around the worldThe Age The Culture 11 : Passion for nursing took her around the world
    Collins, Sheila
  2. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  3. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Papers of Barbara Fawkes 1954-1984 (1954 - 1984)
    The collection includes the Order of the British Empire and medallion; testimonials, awards, photographs, papers on nursing, an oration, and information about the International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Melbourne, 1984. There is a photo album and videocassette of the Middlesex Hospital Nurses League Australian reunion in Canberra in 1990 with a list of attendees; Fawke's 'Report of post graduate study at Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York' (1954); correspondence, and a scrapbook of her Australian tour. Also includes a diary by Mrs L. W. Marr, formerly Flying Officer Lou Godson, entitled 'Reminiscences of World War II Nursing Service' (1998); and obituarium of Olive Anstey who was Director of Nursing of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth and President of the International of Nurses.
    MS 9670

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Obituary: Barbara Noel Fawkes, OBE, Nurse and EducatorThe Age : Obituary: Barbara Noel Fawkes, OBE, Nurse and Educator
    Collins, Sheila
    [2003]
  2. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Barbara Fawkes - Records (1954 - 1984)
    Includes: Order of the British Empire and medallion; testimonials; awards; photographs; papers on nursing; and oration; and information about the International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Melbourne, 1984.
    MS 9670

Resources by Barbara Fawkes (2)

  1. Papers of Barbara Fawkes
    Fawkes, Barbara, 1914-2002
    [ Unpublished : 1954-1984 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Changing patterns of nursing education and practice / by Mildred L. Montag
    Fawkes, Barbara, 1914-2002
    [ Book : 1967-1973 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.149)

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  1. Papers of Barbara Fawkes
    Fawkes, Barbara, 1914-2002
    [ Unpublished : 1954-1984 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.32)

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