Maria Rigmor Madsen, b. 1919 at Harbin, China. Nursing training at Bispebjerg Hospital, 1941-44. Mission School examination, DMS 1945. Later Course in Nursing Leadership, Aarhus University, 1965. Sent by DMS via USA to Peking/Beijing, China, 1947-48. Had to leave China in 1949, and was sent to the Union Mission Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Arogyavaram , South India, as nurse and later headmistress/matron, 1949-70. Rigmor Madsen continued her missionary service in Tanzania, from 1970-75 as head of the new Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre/KCMC at Moshi. Her last working place became Ndolage Nurses and Midwives Training School, Kagera – as nursing teacher, 1975-81 and principal, 1981-84. In 1984 Rigmor Madsen returned to Denmark for retirement and settled in Aarhus, where she died in 2007. (Photo 1981).
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-97110
- Dates
- 1981
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Africa Ndolage Kagera region Tanganyika Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Tanzania
- Reference
- imp-dan-Folder038_00110A.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/ede14e1f416f459d486c87eb5265d185