Maria Stencel
Polish nurse (1900–1985)
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Maria Irene Stencel (11 January 1900 – 6 April 1985) was a registered nurse from Poland who was a recipient of the International Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961.[1]
Early life
Stencel was born on 11 January 1900, in Jekaterynosław (now Dnipro, Ukraine).[2]
Career in nursing
Stencel worked in a military hospital as the head of the auxiliary nurses of the Polish Red Cross from 1930 to 1939. She then became director of emergency services.[1] Stencel took the position of Director of the School of Nursing at Łódź, Poland, in 1946.[1]
During World War Two, Stencel organised relief to nurses who were threatened with deportation from Poland.[1]
Stencel was one of the founders of the Polish Nursing Association, Lodz Branch, that was established in November 1956.[3]
Death
Stencel died on 6 April 1985, in Łódź.[2]
