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“…a wall plaque prominently displayed…”

“In 1939…”

Exact details on Princess Tsehai are hard to come by. For details of her nursing education, I am relying on her Wikipedia entry, which is unsourced, and an article from Rastafari-in-motion.org, also unsourced. There is also a Youtube video of the princess shortly after she graduated in London.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Tsehai

http://www.rastafari-in-motion.org/princess-tsehai.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSeHCwdhbeE

“She dreamed of opening a hospital…”

Most of the details of Princess Tsehai’s life are drawn from Catherine Hamlin’s The Hospital by the River.

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 7.

“She worked briefly…”

Again, this comes from Princess Tsehai’s Wikipedia page, which is unsourced. Dessie is a small town northwest of Addis Ababa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Tsehai

“…married and moved west…”

This is also from Wikipedia. She married Lieutenant General Abiye Abebe, who would become governor Welega province.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Tsehai

“…died in childbirth…”

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 7.

“…Sylvia Pankhurst…”

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 7.

“…launched a journal…”

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 7.

“…Pankhurst took up the princess’s dream…”

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 7.

“The Princess Tsehai Hospital…”

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 7.

“Several years later…”

This is inferred from the fact that the hospital opened in 1951, and the ad was placed in The Lancet in 1959.

Hamlin, C. (2001). The hospital by the river. Monarch, p. 1.

 

“…the Lancet.”

The first issue of The Lancet appeared in 1823. It is now 200 years old. At the time the advertisement appeared in the magazine, it was 140 years old.