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Alicia Still was the daughter of Henry Lloyd Still, Ceylon Civil Service, of Walton by Clevedon, Somerset. She was educated at home, and at the Nightingale Training School, St Thomas's Hospital.
Still was appointed as Sister, St Thomas's Hospital; Matron, Brompton Hospital; Matron, Middlesex Hospital; Matron St Thomas's Hospital and Superintendent Nightingale Training School, St Thomas's Hospital, 1913-1937.
She was also a Member of Queen Alexandra's Army Nursing Board and Imperial Nursing Service Committee; President Association of Hospital Matrons, 1919-1937; President International Council of Nurses, 1933-1937; President Florence Nightingale International Memorial Foundation and Chairman of Committee of Management, 1934-1939; Vice-President National Florence Nightingale Memorial Committee and member of Executive Committee; International Florence Nightingale Medal, 1933, of the League of Red Cross Societies.
Created DBE, 1934; CBE 1917; RRC; Lady of Grace of Order of Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England.
She died 23 July 1944.
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Acquired by St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library.
GB 0100 TH/PP61 [1940s]-1953 Collection (fonds) 1 file Still , Dame , Alicia Frances Jane Lloyd , fl 1913-1944 , matron St Thomas Hospital
Alicia Still was the daughter of Henry Lloyd Still, Ceylon Civil Service, of Walton by Clevedon, Somerset. She was educated at home, and at the Nightingale Training School, St Thomas's Hospital.
Still was appointed as Sister, St Thomas's Hospital; Matron, Brompton Hospital; Matron, Middlesex Hospital; Matron St Thomas's Hospital and Superintendent Nightingale Training School, St Thomas's Hospital, 1913-1937.
She was also a Member of Queen Alexandra's Army Nursing Board and Imperial Nursing Service Committee; President Association of Hospital Matrons, 1919-1937; President International Council of Nurses, 1933-1937; President Florence Nightingale International Memorial Foundation and Chairman of Committee of Management, 1934-1939; Vice-President National Florence Nightingale Memorial Committee and member of Executive Committee; International Florence Nightingale Medal, 1933, of the League of Red Cross Societies.
Created DBE, 1934; CBE 1917; RRC; Lady of Grace of Order of Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England.
She died 23 July 1944.
Acquired by St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Library.
Transferred from St Thomas' Hospital Medical School Library, 2002.
Material relating to Alicia Still comprising printed copy of Dame Alicia Lloyd Still, DBE RRC, a memoir, Lucy Ridgley Seymer, Nightingale Fellowship, St. Thomas's Hospital: London, May 1953; and two black and white photographs of Dame Alicia.
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 CD-ROM (A & C Black); E M McInnes, St Thomas's Hospital, Special Trustees for St Thomas's Hospital London, 1963;British Library Online Public Catalogue.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Compiled by Alison Field, January 2004 St Thomas' Hospital , London Still , Dame , Alicia Frances Jane Lloyd , fl 1913-1944 , matron St Thomas Hospital Nursing Lambeth London England UK Western Europe Europe Medical sciences
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Transferred from St Thomas' Hospital Medical School Library, 2002.
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Material relating to Alicia Still comprising printed copy of Dame Alicia Lloyd Still, DBE RRC, a memoir, Lucy Ridgley Seymer, Nightingale Fellowship, St. Thomas's Hospital: London, May 1953; and two black and white photographs of Dame Alicia.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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