Reference Work
Biography of Nurse Margaretta Cherry 1822-1907, Midwifery Nurse at the Melbourne Lying-in Hospital and Infirmary for Diseases Peculiar to Women and Children
MM GREHAN
The Women's: Our History, Biographical Compendium | The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne | Published : 2011
Abstract
English born Margaretta (Meta) Cherry spent twenty two years on the nursing staff of the Melbourne Lying-in Hospital and Infirmary for Diseases Peculiar to Women and Children, where she was affectionately described as 'the baby nurse' and was sufficiently respected to 'have the care of the keys' in the Matron's absence.