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Isla Stewart - The Incarnation of Common Sense. (2013, April 17). Retrieved September 18, 2014, from https://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/file/0004/298399/Isla_Stewart_ch3_BoN.rtf.

The paper provides a detailed description on Isla’s Stewart’s life and career as a matron nurse. The author focuses on her medical career and her creation of the League of St Bartholomew’s Hospital Nurses the first of its kind in England. This article also goes in depth about her organization of nurses and her part in providing education for many young nurses. This piece is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it provide in depth history of Isla Stewart and explains her importance in history. It meets Wikipedia’s standards for a reliable source because it is a secondary source, published in a journal.

Brit. Journal of Nursing, vol. xliv. 1910, p. 202

This excerpt from the Britain Journal of Nursing provides information on Stewart’s education and success as a matron nurse. This article focuses mainly on her achievements and praises her not only her bedside manner, but also the way she treated her patients. Stewart paved the way for nursing as a profession, but especially in the respect that women can hold important jobs. This piece is a relevant source because it describes key details about Stewart’s life. It meets Wikipedia’s standards for a reliable source because it is a secondary source, a book.

Stewart, Isla. (n.d.). Retrieved January 1, 2014, from http://www.kingscollections.org/nurses/s-u/stewart-isla

This article was featured on the Kings College of London’s site on Pioneering Nurses. The article featured, what is most likely her obituary, as it describes her life and her death as a major loss of the nursing world. This author of this article has Stewart in incredibly high standings, as the author’s diction towards her is very positive. The article also describes her achievements but explains why she deserved them and so forth. This piece is a relevant source as the author makes it appear as he/she knew Stewart and her accomplishments personally. It meets Wikipedia’s standards for a reliable source because it is a primary source, a speech by someone who presumably knew her.

McGann, S. (1992). The battle of the nurses: a study of eight women who influenced the development of professional nursing, 1880-1930. Scutari Press.

This book on nursing by Susan McGann focuses on eight female nurses who had an impact on the industry, and Stewart was featured as one of them. Susan McGrann was an archivist at the Royal College of Nursing in London and gathered information from various sources. This book emphasizes Stewart’s achievements as a woman, and the adversity she had to overcome to rise to prevalence in her field. This article is a relevant source because the author used archives from a respected institution, which specializes in Stewart’s profession. It meets Wikipedia’s standards for a reliable source because it is a secondary source, a book.