Nora Neve | |
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Born | 1873 |
Died | 1952 |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Mary Nora Neve, Mary Neve |
Education | The Olives (nursing) |
Occupation(s) | Nurse and Medical Missionary |
Organization | Church Missionary Society |
Title | Superintendent of Nursing at Kashmir Mission Hospital |
Successor | Miss L Wemyss |
Relatives | Arthur Neve, Ernest Neve |
Nora Neve (1873-1952)[1] was a British nurse and medical missionary with the Church Missionary Society who pioneered missionary nursing. Her work was instrumental in the development of the Kashmir Mission Hospital in Srinagar.[2] She was the hospital's first Superintendent of Nursing and led education and cleanliness initiatives.[2][3] Neve also recorded and published records of Kashmiri hospital practices in the American Journal of Nursing, contributing to the tool kits of other missionaries and preserving a part of Kashmir's cultural history.[4][5]