Physical description

Illustrated book with blue cover. Title (white and black ink) and author's name are printed on the front cover along with a black and white photograph of a woman wearing glasses in a trained nurse's uniform with veil (Jean Headberry [ca.1950]) On the back cover the words 'A life of Service' are printed in white along with six black and white photographs of aspects of Jean Headberry's life

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On the title page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by'. Lorna Day (handwritten in black ink along with the previous catalogue number) Also on the title page is a handwritten dedication 'To Miss Day with very Best Wishes Joan Wilkinson 6.5.00

Summary

Biography of Jean Evelyn Headberry, Alfred Hospital nursing graduate, army nurse, and later Dean of the Melbourne School of Nursing