Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Kirkpatrick trained as a nurse in London under Florence Nightingale. She came to the United States in 1894 to become superintendent of the City Hospital east side facility known as Cleveland General Hospital, where she founded the first nursing school here in 1896. Her strict standards irritated some of the young doctors on staff, and, after spending six difficult, yet fruitful, years in Cleveland, she returned to Europe in 1900. In the above photo from circa 1896, she is the woman dressed in black.
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"Caroline Kirkpatrick (1850-1915)" appears in: City Hospital
