Baroness Eva Charlotta Lovisa Sofia (Sophie) Mannerheim (21 December 1863 – 9 January 1928) was a famous nurse known as a pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. She was a daughter of count Carl Robert Mannerheim and a sister of former Finnish President, Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, and of the artist and writer Eva Mannerheim-Sparre.[1]
Mannerheim worked as a bank employee for six 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 head nurse of Helsinki Surgical Hospital and later elected president of the Finnish Nurses' Association, a position she held for 24 years. As a result of her international involvement, she was also elected president of the International Council of Nurses (ICN).[4] Mannerheim was, together with Dr Arvo Ylppö, co-founder of the Children's Castle[5] (Lastenlinna) hospital in Helsinki as well as the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare.[6]
- ^ 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. (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
- ^ Varmavuori, Marjaana (January 22, 2020). "Sophie Mannerheim käveli Kalliossa ja järkyttyi: Sitten hän keksi ovelan juonen, jolla koko Suomi saatiin syytämään apua äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä eläville lapsille". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved September 15, 2021.