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Plaque

Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch

Inscription

Zepherina Veitch (1836 -1894)
Dame Rosalind Paget (1855 - 1948)
Pioneering midwives trained at the British Lying-in Hospital, founded 1739 and sited here, 1849 - 1913.
Seven Dials Trust

The plaque gives 1739 as the foundation date but sources give 1749.

Site: Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch (1 memorial)

WC2, Endell Street, 24

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch

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British Lying-in Hospital

Initially called the Lying-In Hospital for Married Women. ( 'Lying-in' is an ...

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Dame Rosalind Paget

Nurse and midwife. Trained at the British Lying-in Hospital. She was the firs...

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Zepherina Veitch

Nurse and midwife. She trained at University College Hospital and at the Brit...

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Rosalind Paget and Zepherina Veitch

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