Fitzgibbon, Hanorah Philomena (1889–1979)

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Fitzgibbon, Hanorah Philomena (1889–1979)

New Zealand nurse, hospital matron, and nursing administrator. Name variations: Nora FitzGibbon. Born Mar 19, 1889, at Arrow Junction, Otago, New Zealand; died May 7, 1979, at Dunedin, New Zealand; dau. of Edmond FitzGibbon (farmer) and Mary (Lynch) FitzGibbon.

First nurse at Karitane Home for Babies in Dunedin (1907), was also one of the first 12 New Zealand nurses to serve in Egypt during World War I; returned to Christchurch Hospital as theater nurse (1919); trained as Plunket nurse in Dunedin (1925); became matron of Karitane Hospital and Mothercraft Home, Auckland (1931); became director of Plunket nursing (1934); collaborated on Plunket childcare manual, Modern Mothercraft (1945); was president of New Zealand Registered Nurses' Association (1946–49); helped to establish Dunedin Catholic Nurses' Guild (1937). Received British Empire Medal (1939).

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).

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