Harriet Alsop

Alsop remained matron at the infirmary, which was renamed as St. Mary Abbots Hospital, until her retirement in 1929.^[5] Her contribution to the hospital was acknowledged on her death when a window in the hospital chapel was designed and dedicated to her.^[6]

As a matron of a leading Poor Law Infirmary, Alsop was a public advocate for nurse registration, publishing letters of support in the Times newspaper.^[7] Alsop was a founding member of Poor Law Infirmaries' Matrons Association, elected to the committee as assistant then Honorary Secretary.^[8][9] Alsop was also an early member of the College of Nursing, later the Royal College of Nursing, and number 148 on their 1916 Register of Nurses.^[5][10] Alsop was also an advocate for the training of nurses in the Poor Law Infirmaries.^[5] She was elected in 1923 as a representative of the Poor Law Infirmaries' nurse training schools to the newly established General Nursing Council of England and Wales (GNC).^[5] Alsop served on the GNC until 1932.^[11] In 1923 Alsop was the GNC's nominated representative on the Minster of Health’s Committee on the Training of Poor Law Nurses.^[12]

Alsop was concerned about the situation of retired and poor nurses and advocated for systems for pensions and annuities for nurses. She was a council member of the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses.^[5][13]

Alsop died on 13th December 1950 in St. Mary Abbots Hospital.^[5]

1918 Lady of Grace of the Order of St John.^[14]

1931 Member of the British Empire ^[15]