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Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr [1] Betsi Davis, [2] and Elizabeth Davis [3] was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) and later nursed in the Crimean War alongside Florence Nightingale. [4]
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Oct 3, 2013 · Here are some facts about Betsi Cadwaldr, the famous Welsh nurse who treated the wounded of the Crimean War. Elizabeth Cadwaladr was born in Llaycil in north Wales in 1789. She was commonly known as Betsi Cadwaladr, but she is sometimes referred to as Beti Cadwaladr or Elizabeth Davis. As a child, she was employed as a maid in Wales.
Aug 2, 2012 · Betsi Cadwaladr, from Bala, north Wales, has been adopted as a nurse heroine by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Wales for her work. Her name has also been...
Mar 24, 2023 · We can’t let Women's History Month pass us by without remembering Wales’s own nursing heroine, the fiery and formidable Elizabeth ‘Betsi’ Cadwaladr. Artwork by Nathan Wyburn, commissioned by RCN Wales. Betsi, one of 16 children, was born and christened near Bala in 1789.
Jul 3, 2023 · Born in Llanycil, near Bala, Gwynedd in 1789, Betsi Cadwaladr was one of 16 children. Christened Elizabeth, she was also known as Beti Cadwaladr or Betsi Davis. According to Betsi, she changed her surname when living with English people, as they struggled to pronounce it.
Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr and Betsi Davis, was a Welsh nurse. She began nursing on travelling ships in her 30s (1820s) and later nursed in the Crimean War alongside Florence Nightingale. Their different social backgrounds was a source of constant disagreement.
Betsi made a fair sum of money while travelling but was swindled out of every penny in London and decided to pursue a nursing career at Guy’s Hospital in London. In 1854, having read about the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean War, she decided that nursing in the Crimean Peninsula was her calling.
