Sibella Annie Barrington

Sibella Annie Barrington (4 or 21 December 1867 – 9 or 17 December 1929) was a Canadian nurse.^[1]

Born to a family of British settlers in

Frederic Truby King.^[1]

She returned to Nova Scotia and by 1917 had a thriving private practice.

British Red Cross Society granted her a lifetime membership for her volunteer work following the 1917 Halifax Explosion.^[1] From 1918 to 1923 she served as superintendent of the Halifax Infants' Home.^[1] She served as vice-president of the Children's Aid Society, president of the Graduate Nurses' Association of Nova Scotia, a councillor for Nova Scotia on the Canadian Nurses' Association, and a delegate to the National Council of Women of Canada.^[1]

Following the

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Arlee Hoyt McGee (2005). "Barrington, Sibella Annie". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

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