Interview with Mrs Iris Brook, nurse and nurses' representative

Reference number	MSS.229/6/C/CO/7/7
Date	27 Oct 1982
Level	Item
Description	Covers various aspects of her trade union career. Duration: 43 minutes 46 seconds on side 1; 26 minutes 42 seconds on side 2.
Extent	1 cassette (90)
Admin history	Iris Brook (nee Benyon) trained as a nurse and midwife first at Tredegar and then at Mile End Hospital in London. She married Dr Charles Brook in 1924. They were both members of the Socialist Medical Association. Between 1936 and 1941 she was the organiser for the nursing section of the National Union of County Officers, later the Guild of Nurses. She later served on the Staff Side of the Nurses and Midwives Whitley Council and was a governor of Guy's Hospital in London from 1948 to 1974.
Copies	CD copy at location 217/2/4 box (2)
Access status	Open
URL description	To play digital copy click first two URLs below. For transcript click on third URL.
URL	http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/mss229_6_c_co_7_7_side1.mp3 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/mss229_6_c_co_7_7_side2.mp3 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/transcripts/mss_229_6__c__co__7__7.pdf
Category	Sound recordings: interviews/reminiscences
Format	Compact Cassette(s) Digitised audio

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