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Baroness Eva Charlotta Lovisa Sofia (Sophie) Mannerheim (21 December 1863 – 9 January 1928) was a famous nurse known as pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. She was daughter of count Carl Robert Mannerheim and sister of a former Finnish President, marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.[1] Her career started as a bank employee for 6 years until she married in 1896. After her divorce in 1902[2] she was trained in nursing at the Nightingale School at St Thomas' Hospital[3] in London. Returning home she was appointed as head nurse of Helsinki Surgical Hospital and later elected President of the Finnish Nurses' Association, a position she had for 24 years. As a result of her international involvement she was also elected President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN).[4] Sophie Mannerheim was, together with Dr Arvo Ylppö, founder of the Children's Castle[5] (Lastenlinna) hospital in Helsinki as well as the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare.
References
- ^ Obituary in American Journal of Nursing
- ^ American Journal of Nursing October 1930 - Volume 30 - Issue 10 > Sophie Mannerheim: Excerpts from a Memoir.
- ^ Mary Adelaide Nutting; Lavinia L. Dock (1912). A History of Nursing: The Evolution of Nursing Systems from the Earliest Times to the Foundation of the First English and American Training Schools for Nurses. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 271.
- ^ Lynaugh, Joan E. (1 November 1993). Nursing History Review, Volume 2: Official Journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 188, 196. ISBN 978-0-8122-1451-2.
- ^ Bachelor's Thesis on Sophie Mannerheim