{"id":5188,"date":"2021-09-01T21:22:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2021-09-01T21:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:22:17","slug":"unveiling-of-the-commemorative-plaque-for-dr-ruth-nicholson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2021\/09\/01\/unveiling-of-the-commemorative-plaque-for-dr-ruth-nicholson\/","title":{"rendered":"Unveiling of the commemorative plaque for Dr Ruth Nicholson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are extremely proud to have nominated Dr Ruth Nicholson for a plaque commemorating her life and work as a pioneering surgeon in WW1(awarded the French Croix de Guerre) and later as a founder and a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologist. Our Lord Mayor (Councillor Habib Rahman) unveiled the plaque Friday, August 27th 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Several club members there were President Christine, Christine Lo., Christine Lu. Doreen and Heather.<\/p>\n<p>The main speakers were Professor Alison Murdoch ( representing the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists)\u00a0 and Baroness Joyce Quin.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 About 10 relatives of Ruth Nicholson attended including Rosemary who was married to Ruth\u2019s nephew. They were thrilled and very pleased that this honour had been given to their relative and very proud of the plaque.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5189 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo2.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5190\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo3.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5193 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo4.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5194 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo5.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5195\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2021\/09\/photo10.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Further details of Dr. Ruth Nicholson&#8217;s life and work can be found on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are extremely proud to have nominated Dr Ruth Nicholson for a plaque commemorating her&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":5192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unveiling of the commemorative plaque for Dr Ruth Nicholson | News | Blog | Events | SI Newcastle upon Tyne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Newcastle upon Tyne : Blog &amp; News : Unveiling of the commemorative plaque for Dr Ruth Nicholson : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Newcastle upon Tyne . 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