Emily MacManus

Emily McManus
Born(1886-04-18)18 April 1886
Battersea, London
Died22 February 1978(1978-02-22) (aged 91)
Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationNurse
Years active1908–1946
Known forMatron of Guy's Hospital, President of the Royal College of Nursing

Emily Elvira Primrose MacManus, CBE (18 April 1886 – 22 February 1978) was an Irish nurse who served in France during World War I and later matron at Bristol Royal Infirmary then at Guy's Hospital in London,[1] serving at the latter during World War II.[2] She was also the President of the Royal College of Nursing from 1942–1944.[3]

  1. ^ Fairfield, Letitia (20 October 1956). "Fifty Years Of Nursing Matron of Guy's. By Emily E. P. Macmanus. Andrew Melrose. 25s". The Tablet. p. 17. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ Maddock, Fergal (27 November 2012). "Remembering the 'Matron of Guy's' - Independent.ie". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Life and Death in their hands". BBC Genome Project. BBC. 3 May 1949. Retrieved 8 March 2017.