The Matrons' Council for Great Britain and Ireland was established in 1894 during the campaign for the registration of nurses and was disbanded c.1955.
[1] Margaret Huxley (1854–1940) was a founder member.
Agnes Karll (1868–1927) of Germany was named an honorary member for her role in nursing reform and advancing the nursing profession.
[4] The council was represented on the Central Committee for the State Registration of Nurses in 1908.
[5] The Matrons' Council regularly reported their activities in The British Journal of Nursing up to 1956,[6] however around this time the Council disbanded[1]