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Martha Jane Loane (7 February 1852 – 1933) was a nurse and social commentator. [1]

Loane has been considered “the most prolific female social investigator in Britain before the First World War, publishing six full-length books between 1905 and 1911 and scores of articles based on her penetrating observations as a Queen’s Nurse among the ‘respectable poor’ in London, Derbyshire and Portsmouth.” [2]

Biography

Loane was born at 8 North Place, Eldad, Plymouth, Devon, to Jabez Loane, a master and Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Jane, née Cooley. She began her nursing training at Charing Cross Hospital in London when she was 34 years old, [1] [2] Her sister was Alice Loane.

References

  1. ^ a b Cohen, Susan L. (2004). "Loane, Martha Jane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/41104. Retrieved 12 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b "Fighters for the Poor". History Today. Retrieved 12 May 2020.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martha Jane Loane (7 February 1852 – 1933) was a nurse and social commentator. [1]

Loane has been considered “the most prolific female social investigator in Britain before the First World War, publishing six full-length books between 1905 and 1911 and scores of articles based on her penetrating observations as a Queen’s Nurse among the ‘respectable poor’ in London, Derbyshire and Portsmouth.” [2]

Biography

Loane was born at 8 North Place, Eldad, Plymouth, Devon, to Jabez Loane, a master and Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Jane, née Cooley. She began her nursing training at Charing Cross Hospital in London when she was 34 years old, [1] [2] Her sister was Alice Loane.

References

  1. ^ a b Cohen, Susan L. (2004). "Loane, Martha Jane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/41104. Retrieved 12 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b "Fighters for the Poor". History Today. Retrieved 12 May 2020.



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