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Revision as of 17:32, 7 January 2025 by Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk | contribs) (→Honours: added fellowship and ref)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dame Margaret Anne Wheeler, DBE, FRCOG (née Brain; 23 April 1932 – 5 June 2024) was a British midwife and public servant. Having trained as a nurse and then as a midwife, she was a medical missionary with the United Society Partners in the Gospel in India before returning to the United Kingdom. Working in hospitals and maternity homes, she ended her career as chief administrative nursing officer of the South Glamorgan Health Authority from 1977 to 1988. In addition, she served as president of the Royal College of Midwives from 1987 to 1994, having become a member of the Council in 1970. She also held a number of public appointments, such as membership of the Standing Midwifery Committee, Welsh National Board (1982–1987), of the Department of Health's Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee (1987–1993), and of the Women's National Commission. She also served as the treasurer of the International Confederation of Midwives from 1978 to 1990.
Honours
In the 1989 New Year Honours, Wheeler was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of her work as chief administrative nursing officer of the South Glamorgan Health Authority. In the 1994 New Year Honours, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) "for services to midwifery", and thereby granted the title dame.
In 1991, Wheeler was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG), the first midwife to be so honoured.
References
- ^ "Brain, Dame Margaret Anne, (23 April 1932–5 June 2024), President, Royal College of Midwives, 1987–94 (Member Council, 1970–96)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Personal papers of Dame Margaret Brain". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "No. 51578". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1988. p. 9.
- "No. 53527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1993. p. 8.