Barbara Borsinger
Swiss nurse (1892-1973)
Barbara Borsinger (1892–1973) was a nurse from Baden, Switzerland (Aargau), who was active during World War I and World War II in welcoming children, refugees, injured civilians and victims of the World Wars to Switzerland. She founded the Nursery of the Friends of Children's Charity, which was later known as the Clinique des Grangettes, now a private hospital.
Biography
Early life
Borsinger was born to a Catholic family which owned a motel business. She and her sister, Verena-Hildegarde, attended a boarding school in Riedenburg. She continued her education at the Sacred Heart Church on the Isle of Wight, in Great Britain. Between 1911 and 1914, she studied to become a nurse in Geneva, at the school of Bon-Secours. When World War I was declared, she volunteered to help the wounded on the French front lines. She then served as the chief nurse, at the Dinard Hospital until 1920.
Career
In 1918, the pandemic flu spread in Europe. Geneva was not spared and Barbara Borsinger was deeply affected by the fate of sick children and orphans.
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