Statue of Sister Dora by Francis John Williamson. The Bridge, Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, better known as Sister Dora (16 January 1832 – 24 December 1878), was a 19th-century Anglican nun and nurse who worked in Walsall, Staffordshire. In October 1886, a statue of Sister Dora by Francis John Williamson was unveiled in Walsall. Florence Nightingale was invited to unveil the statue but had to decline from sickness; she sent a tribute with her regrets. The descriptive plaque on the base of the statue reads as follows:- DOROTHY WYNDLOW PATTISON-SISTER DORA WAS BORN ON 16TH JANUARY 1832. SHE CAME TO WALSALL IN 1865 AND FOR THE FOLLOWING THIRTEEN YEARS WORKED CEASELESSLY TO ESTABLISH A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE TOWN. HER GREAT DEVOTION TO THE WORKING PEOPLE OF WALSALL EARNED HER WIDESPREAD RESPECT. WHEN SHE DIED IN 1873 THOUSANDS MOURNED HER AND LATER SHE BECAME THE COUNTRY'S FIRST WOMAN, OTHER THAN A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, TO BE COMMEMORATED BY A STATUE.
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Location: The Bridge, Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: dora, dorothy, england, europe, francis, john, kingdom, midlands, pattison, sculptor, sister, statue, united, walsall, west, williamson
