Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1903 and 1904

Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing Graduates, 1903

Ada Law, Class of 1903

Ada Lizzie Law was born on May 10, 1880 in Barrie, Ontario. She graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1903 and accepted a position on staff at the King George Hospital. She enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in June 1917. Nursing sister Law served in England and was posted to No. 10 Canadian General Hospital, No. 5 Canadian General Hospital and No. 16 Canadian General Hospital before returning to Canada in October 1919.  After the war, she lived in Calgary where she was involved in private duty nursing and in 1923 she joined the staff at the Red Cross Hospital in Foremost, Alberta. In 1937, she was employed as a private duty nurse in Seattle, Washington.

Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing graduation pin belonging to Ada Law, 1903.

Winnipeg General Hospital Training School for Nurses Graduation Program, 1903

Please click on the links below to read about other graduates from Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, 1903 and 1904, that served as nursing sisters during World War I.

Sarah Riddle, 1903

Jean Lyall (nee Cassidy), 1904