Anna Broms (1862–1890), was a
Finnish educator and a pioneer within the nursing profession in Finland. In 1889, she became the first principal of the first education courses for nurses in Finland and a pioneer in her profession.
Anna Broms studied in Sweden, Scotland and London. Upon her return to Finland in 1888, she was appointed head of the newly founded nurses course at the new Surgical Hospital in Helsinki, educating the pioneer Finnish nurses. She has been described as efficient and with never ending energy in her dedication to her work. She died at the age of 28 of an
Intracranial hemorrhage
Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) refers to any form of Hemorrhage, bleeding Internal bleeding, within the Human skull, skull. It can result from trauma, vascular abnormalities, hypertension, or other medical conditions. ICH is broadly categorized ...
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Amanda Cajander
Mathilda Fredrika "Amanda" Cajander, née Nygren (10 January 1827 – 23 February 1871), was a Finnish deaconess and a pioneer within medical care in Finland.
Life
Cajander married the doctor Anders Cajander in 1848 and had two children. In ...
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Cecilia Blomqvist
Cecilia Blomqvist (8 September 1845, Björneborg - 7 December 1910, Helsinki), known as ''Sister Cecilia'', was a Finnish deaconess. In 1877, she became the first deaconess in Finland and a pioneer in her profession. She is mentioned along with A ...
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kansallisbiografia Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland)
1862 births
1890 deaths
19th-century Finnish people
Finnish nurses
Finnish women educators
19th-century Finnish educators
19th-century Finnish women
19th-century women educators
Educators from the Grand Duchy of Finland
Women's firsts
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