The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph Archives and St. Joseph’s Hospital cooperated on making an exhibit that was on display at the Ontario Legislature for several months. In the process of selecting photographs for the exhibit, our Congregational Archivist came across an interesting photograph, showing Helen Woolson, a graduate of the St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, receiving an award from the future King Edward VIII. If you recall, he is the King who gave up his throne for the woman he loved. This photograph fascinated Noelle Tangredi, who heads the hospital historical committee, and so she researched Helen Woolson’s life, by visiting Western University archives, who hold the records of her life.
To learn more about Helen Woolson and the St. Joseph’s School of Nursing, please visit this link:
https://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/our-stories/decorated-nurse-part-of-storied-past
- Mary Kosta, Congregational Archivist, Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada