The Training School for Nurses of the Philadelphia General Hospital was established by the Board of Guardians of Philadelphia General Hospital in 1883. An experienced English nurse, Alice Fisher, was brought to Philadelphia to organize the school, which opened in January 1885. The Training School for Nurses and Philadelphia General Hospital were closed in 1977.
Significant changes occurred at the Training School in 1904, when Margaret Francis Donohoe became the Superintendent of Nurses. During her tenure, the Nurses' Library was opened, classes were moved from the evening to daytime, and students were given time off on Sundays. In 1911, the school began admitting students for post-graduate study. In the 1920s, the number of students attending the school doubled, and by 1931, the school had certified almost 2,000 nurses. In 1973, a Tri-Institutional building was erected to serve the needs of the nursing schools at Philadelphia General Hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
From the description of Duty registers, 1885-1911. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122523971
