Devoted; Emilia Vincent

Devoted; The life and times of Emilia Vincent of Westminster and Reading.

Emilia Vincent's long life (1828-1913) encompassed the complete reigns of William IV, Queen Victoria and Edward VII.  A granddaughter of the Dean of Westminster, she grew up within the small community of Westminster Abbey.  She spent much of her life caring for others, at first within the family, before she established her own nursing home in Reading, Berkshire.  She was part of the growing movement to develop nursing into a respectable profession.  

This book pays tribute to this remarkable woman, and also to the nurses she worked with, and the women she cared for.  These include the poignant stories of Lucy May, an original Canadian girl adopted by Christian missionaries, and Edith Satchell, whose brother was a serial con-man.