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The inspiring story of a Queensland woman who fought for recognition of nurses throughout her long and distinguished nursing career, and later campaigned on behalf of homeless women and the elderly. Isobel Mary (Pixie) Annat grew up in rural Queensland and trained to be a nurse shortly after World War II. Working first at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, she went on to forge an extraordinary career as matron, then CEO, of St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane. Pixie Annat: Champion of Nurses draws on anecdotes from Pixie's personal journey and documents the important contributions made by…
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1 edition- Paperback · English · 2015University of Queensland Press · 112 pages · 9780702253720
BiographyNurses, biographyAustralia, biographyHistory, 20th CenturyLabor UnionsHistoryVoluntary HospitalsNurses