Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins | |
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| Born | (1827-07-13)July 13, 1827 |
| Died | December 13, 1901(1901-12-13) (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | nurse, hospital administrator |
Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins (1827 - 1901) was anAmerican Civil War era nurse who founded the Retreat for the Sick hospital inRichmond, Virginia.
Jenkins was born on July 13, 1827.[1] She was a self-taught nurse. During the Civil War she cared forConfederate soldiers. After the war, in 1877, she organized a hospital in Richmond, Virginia to care for the city's poor residents of all races and genders.[1][2] The building was provided by theMedical College of Virginia and was originally named theRetreat for the Sick, then theRetreat Hospital. After five years the hospital was moved to North 12th Street, then again to Grove Avenue in 1921.[2][3]
Jenkins died on December 13, 1901.[1]
In 1995 of the Jenkins Foundation was formed with the mission to improve the health of the community.[4][1] In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Jenkins' name would be on theVirginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of Honor.[5]