Take Hagiwara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Take Hagiwara

Japanese nurse

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1873

Place of Birth: Itsukaichi, Japan

Date of Death: 27-May-1936

Profession: nurse

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Take Hagiwara (Japanese: ????) (1873-1936) was a Japanese nurse, trained by the Red Cross, and sometimes referred to as the "Japanese Nightingale".
She graduated from nursing school in 1897 and after touring Europe and studying hospitals there, was appointed as the first commoner to direct the Japanese Red Cross.
In 1920, she led a successful campaign to assist Polish orphans who had become refugees in Siberia and that same year was one of the inaugural recipients of the Florence Nightingale Medal.
She served as an honorary delegate to the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for 22 years before she was able to found the Nursing Association of the Japanese Empire in 1929 and gain full admission to the ICN in 1933.
She was the Superintendent of Nursing for the Japanese Red Cross for 36 years.