Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1898

Maude King Brown, Class of 1898

Maude King Brown was born on April 11, 1876 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario. She graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1898. In 1915, she moved to England with her husband, Dr. John K. Brown, who was serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

At the start of World War I, she joined St. John’s Ambulance and was appointed the Matron in charge of the Auxiliary Hospital at Shorne Hill, Totton. In 1916, she enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC) and was likely one of the first married Canadian nurses permitted to enlist as a nursing sister. Nursing sister Brown served for three years, from September 1916 to October 1918, in England and was posted to Granville Special Hospital, Ramsgate; Canadian Red Cross Special Hospital, Buxton; and No. 16 Canadian General Hospital, Shorncliffe. It was reported that she was serving at Granville Special Hospital, Ramsgate when it was bombed. In November 1918, she returned to Winnipeg where she continued to serve the war effort and was posted at No. 10 Manitoba Military Hospital (Tuxedo Park).

After the war, she and her husband moved to British Columbia.

Rachel Fogarty, Class of 1898

Rachel Fogarty graduated from Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1898. She went to South Africa as a missionary nurse in 1900 and worked at Cottage Hospital, Bloemfontein. Rachel was appointed Nurse Superintendent of Hospital Bloemfontein in 1921 where she was in charge of the hospital and training school for many years.

She is listed on the bottom of the framed Winnipeg General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Honour Roll – however, it is unclear where she served during World War I. Rachel returned to Winnipeg upon her retirement in 1927 and became the first librarian in the Nurses Residence Library. She passed away in 1954.