Betty Pankhurst Cook
b. Christchurch 19 Dec 1915 d. Hamilton 22 Dec 2000
![Betty Cook](cookbp-s.JPG)
Educated at Wellington High School where she was Head Girl
Trained at Wellington Hospital, graduating in 1944
Staff nurse Wellington Hospital 1944-45
Maternity training at Whangarei; midwifery training in Auckland; Plunket training in Dunedin
PG Diploma in Nursing (Wellington) 1956.
Tutor Sister Wellington Hospital 1945 - 1950
Sister in Charge Maternity Wards, Wellington Hospital 1951-1956
Studied hospital management for three months in England 1956
Deputy Matron in Chief Wellington Hospital 1957 – 1964
Matron-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1964 - 1969
Married Allan Hill Newton on 13 Dec 1969