Black and white photograph of nurse Emily Godfrey, Matron at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Methodist Missionary Society, where she worked from 1921 to 1944. She stands in the hospital grounds in a patterned dress and a hat, and holds a small baby in her arms. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
Godfrey, Emily (1884-1978) Health services Nursing Missionary work Infants Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Women missionaries Nurses Missionaries, medical Hospitals Portraits
Time Period
1930/1940
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
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