Ellen Musson

Dame Ellen Mary Musson, DBE, RRC (11 August 1867 – 7 November 1960)[1] was Chair of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales.

She started her training on 1 February 1895 at St Bartholomew's, completing in 1898 with that year's highest marks as their gold medallist.

[4] By 1908 Musson was matron at the Swansea General and Eye Hospital,[5] a post she held for three years,[6] where she actively supported the campaign for the eventual Nurses Registration Act 1919.

This included co-signing a published letter of support alongside women's campaigners such as Clementina Black, Charlotte Carmichael Stopes and Millicent Fawcett and leading nurses such as Sidney Browne, Annie Warren Gill and Ethel Gordon Fenwick[5] In December 1908 Musson was appointed matron of Birmingham General Hospital.

[9] Musson joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) when it was established in 1908, and served as principal matron from 1915 to 1918 during the First World War.