A History of the Queen’s Nursing Institute

Originally published in 1987, this book presented a history of the Queen’s Nursing Institute on the occasion of the centenary of its founding in 1887. Since that time, the Institute had been the major force behind all developments in the field of district nursing.

Monica E. Baly (1914-1998) Centenary Fellow of The Queen’s Nursing Institute, was an English nurse, historian of nursing, and an advocate for social change. A world authority on Florence Nightingale, Baly battled throughout her life to improve nurses’ training and conditions. She made her name in 1970 as an organiser of the ＂Raising the Roof＂ campaign which resulted in an unprecedented 22 percent pay award for nurses.