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Rebecca Strong
Rebecca Strong O.B.E (23rd August 1843 - 24 April 1944) was an English nurse who pioneered preliminary training for nurses.

Early years and education
Rebecca Strong (nee Thorogood) was born in London on the 23rd August 1843. Married young and widowed by the age of twenty, Strong decided to go into a career in nursing and was accepted as a probationer at the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas' Hospital, London in 1867. Strong continued her training at Winchester hospital before moving to the British Army Hospital at Netley in 1869.

Career
Strong was appointed matron of Dundee Royal Infirmary in 1874. She took up the post of matron at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1879.