Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing
Students at Women’s College Hospital received training in paediatric nursing at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Unlike today, newborns were cared for in a central nursery by nurses, not in their mothers’ rooms.
The nickname “Peaches” was given to her by classmates because of her peaches-and-cream complexion.
