Agnes Mary Lions | |
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| Born | 22 April 1908 Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Died | 22 December 1992 Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Industrial nurse |
Agnes Mary LionsMBE known asMolly Lions (22 April 1908 – 22 December 1992) was an Australian industrial nurse and unionist. She was a founding member of theNew South Wales College of Nursing.
Lions was born in 1908 inSubiaco, Western Australia. Her parents were Mary (born McDonald), who was a Scot, and John Maximilian Lion, who was an engineer born in Sweden. She had two elder brothers. Her brother Francis became a chemist[1] and lecturer who was known for creating stable organic molecules that would bond with metals.[2] In about 1910 the family moved to Sydney and she attended Petersham Girls’ Intermediate High School. In 1931 she qualified as a nurse after training at Sydney'sRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital.[1]
In 1946 she started the Industrial Nurses section of theNew South Wales Nursing Association.[3] In 1947 she became a senior industrial nurse at theEveleigh Railway Workshops in Sydney.[4] She was a founding member of theNew South Wales College of Nursing (now part ofAustralian College of Nursing. The others wereGeorgina McCreadyMBE,Muriel Knox Doherty RRC andMargaret Frances Looker. The four of them met a week after a meeting of nurses on 5 January 1949 in Sydney which resolved to create a College of Nursing.[5] Between 1949 and 1952 she created the syllabus and contents for NSWCN's qualification for industrial nurses and in 1950 she gained the qualification herself.[3]
She became aMember of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1960. In 1979 she moved to Alice Springs where she worked with her brother to assist Aboriginal Australians.[1]
Lions died in 1992 in the Sydney suburb ofNormanhurst.[1]
