THE MEDICAL MEMORIES ROADSHOW
‘To understand where we are today
We have to know where we have come from’
AGNES JONES
History tells us that William Rathbone gave much of his own time and money to organising the training of well qualified nurses to work in the city’s infirmary. He worked closely with Florence Nightingale to train nurses. Florence sent one of her nurses to run the school.
Agnes Jones was born in Cambridge but after her father’s death in 1850, she went back to Donegal to look after her sick mother. Agnes knew that she wanted to spend her life looking after other people’s well-being.
In 1862 Agnes enrolled in Florence Nightingale’s nurse training school at st. Thomas’ hospital after which she took up a position at the great northern hospital in London before moving to Liverpool.
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Sadly Agnes passed away at an early age whilst in charge of the Liverpool Work House at Walton.
'THE ANGEL OF LIVERPOOL'
Her Family did not want any recognition of her work.
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Florence Nightingale, who was a personal friend of William Rathbone, had given him the nick name 'The Angel of Liverpool'
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William Rathbone paid for and installed a Statue to commemorate the work of Agnes Jones. He called it
'THE ANGEL OF LIVERPOOL'
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It stood in the Entrance of Walton Hospital until it closed.
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It is now in the Oratorio outside the Anglican Cathedral where another tribute to the work of Agnes Jones can be found on the way into The Lady Chapel
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