| Private |
| June 19/93 |
| 10, SOUTH STREET, |
| PARK LANE. W. |
| My dear Miss Lückes¹ |
| I am always so glad from |
| you to hear - & I hope not |
| in unfavourable circumstances. |
| Your last question I will |
| answer first: |
| 1. R. Charter: Before you |
| receive this, you will hear |
| that it was published on |
| Saturday. And the "London" |
| will probably have received |
| a copy of a letter which is |
| proposed to make known |
| what those who have opposed |
| the Charter in the Nursing |
| interest - on public grounds |
| consider the essential |
| modifications in favour of |
1. Eva Lückes was appointed matron of The London Hospital at the age of 24. She spent 39 years there and instituted many programs which raised nursing standards. Like Miss Nightingale, Miss Lückes was opposed to state registration of nurses. Both women "felt the true qualities of a nurse could not be judged by registration". (Nursing Mirror, 1979).
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