A Victorian matron; no ordinary woman. Eva Charlotte Ellis Lückes (8 July 8 1854-16 February 1919)
Collins, S.M.; Parker, E.R.; Luckes, E.Charlotte.Ellis.
International history of nursing journal IHNJ 7(3): 66-74
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1360-1105 PMID: 12710384 Document Number: 553967
Miss Eva C. E. Lückes was the Matron of the London Hospital for thirty-nine years. She is perhaps best remembered for the establishment of the first Preliminary Training School in England in 1895, and her perceived stance against the proposals for the registration of nurses. This article illustrates that Miss Lückes achieved much more than that and was, in fact, an innovative nursing leader in advance of her time.