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Northumbrian Stories<p>3/</p><p>In actual fact, the implementation of nurses in rural communities was a national scheme.</p><p>Before the mid-19th Century, nursing was not seen as a respectable job. It was practiced by the poorest women and society associated it with slovenliness, bad character, and drunkenness. That changed in the Crimean War (1853-56) through the efforts of women such as <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/FlorenceNightingale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlorenceNightingale</span></a> and <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/MarySeacole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarySeacole</span></a>. The second half of the century saw the beginning of nurse training and the recognition of it as a profession. </p><p>Queen Victoria took a great interest in this. In 1887, for her Golden Jubilee, Women's Institutes all over the country raised the vast sum of £70,000 and presented it to the queen. Victoria decreed that it should be used to provide training and support for a new scheme: District Nursing. This was the start of the community nursing we still benefit from in the UK today.</p><p>Hence the Jubilee Cottage for the Jubilee Institute Nurse.</p><p>But who was Veronica Badgery? And what about her absent husband?</p><p>A bit more digging gave me some fascinating answers. </p><p>In Marylebone in 1896, Annie Veronica Huntley, daughter of Richard Herbert Maxwell Huntley ('gentleman') married Thomas William Badgery, a leather dresser from Worcester. </p><p>In 1898, their son, Thomas Maxwell Badgery, was born.</p><p>In 1902, Anne Veronica filed for divorce.</p><p><a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/Northumberland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Northumberland</span></a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/HealthcareHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareHistory</span></a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/NursingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NursingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a></p>
Robbie Rowe<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alexanderhay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexanderhay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://blacktwitter.io/@Maggie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Maggie</span></a></span> perhaps because of this local connection, my daughter learned about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarySeacole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarySeacole</span></a> in junior school &amp; educated her parents!</p>
Katie from SoCal<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://blacktwitter.io/@Maggie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Maggie</span></a></span> Mary Seacole &amp; her work as a doctoress providing hospitality &amp; medical care during the Crimean War were shown in Doctor Who: Flux, Ep. 2 (Nov. 2019 BBC series). </p><p>2 years before that there was an episode called "Rosa's wh/ focused primarily on her refusal to give up her seat on the bus but also included MLK meeting w/ Ms. Parks &amp; others before the bus protest &amp; her receiving honors late in her life. </p><p><a href="https://social.snorklr.com/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> <a href="https://social.snorklr.com/tags/ChrisChibnall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisChibnall</span></a> <a href="https://social.snorklr.com/tags/ThirteenthDoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirteenthDoctor</span></a> <a href="https://social.snorklr.com/tags/MarySeacole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarySeacole</span></a> <a href="https://social.snorklr.com/tags/RosaParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosaParks</span></a></p>