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Dress Tunic. Sub-Lieutenant Virginia
Lindabury, Royal Canadian Navy, ca. 1956. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
A nursing service was organized in the Royal Canadian Navy
(RCN) in October 1941 and continued following the war. This
tunic is an example of the type worn by RCN nurses postwar and
before integration of the armed forces.
CWM 20000105-080
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Delegate Pin. Canadian Nurses Association
Conference, Ottawa, 1958. Canadian Nurses Association Collection
The CNA evolved from the Canadian National Association of
Trained Nurses, a group of regional, provincial and alumnae
nursing associations that was formed in 1908. In 1924, this
group became the Canadian Nurses Association, which has since
developed into a leading and influential organization that now
represents 115,000 Canadian nurses.
CMC 2000.111.18
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Uniform, student's. Calgary General
Hospital School of Nursing, 1953-1960. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
Many hospitals had distinctive uniforms for each year of
education. At the Calgary General, first-year students wore a
blue and white checked uniform with bib and apron.
CMC 2000.111.393.1
CMC 2000.111.393.2
CMC 2000.111.393.3
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Cap. Toronto East General and Orthopaedic
Hospital School of Nursing, Gloria (Barwell) Kay, 1951.
Gloria (Barwell) Kay Nurses' Caps Collection
Until the introduction of man-made materials in the 1960s, most
nurses' caps were made of stiffly starched cotton.
CMC 1999.267.53
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Medal. Florence Nightingale Memorial
Medal, presented to Helen G. McArthur, 1957. Canadian Nurses
Association Collection
McArthur received this British medal for her work as Director of
the Canadian Red Cross.
CMC 2000.111.102
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