Martha Jane Loane (7 February 1852 – 1933) was a nurse and social commentator.
Loane has been considered “the most prolific female social investigator in Britain before the First World War, publishing six full-length books between 1905 and 1911 and scores of articles based on her penetrating observations as a Queen’s Nurse among the ‘respectable poor’ in London, Derbyshire and Portsmouth.”
Biography
Loane was born at 8 North Place, Eldad, Plymouth, Devon, to Jabez Loane, a master and Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Jane, née Cooley. She began her nursing training at Charing Cross Hospital in London when she was 34 years old, Her sister was Alice Loane.
References
- ^ Cohen, Susan L. (2004). "Loane, Martha Jane". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/41104. Retrieved 12 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Fighters for the Poor". History Today. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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