Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins

Annabella Ravenscroft Gibson Jenkins (July 13, 1827 – December 13, 1901) was an American Civil War era nurse who founded the Retreat for the Sick hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

Biography Jenkins was born on July 13, 1827. She was a self-taught nurse. During the Civil War she cared for Confederate soldiers. After the war, in 1877, she organized a hospital in Richmond, Virginia to care for the city's poor residents of all races and genders. The building was provided by the Medical College of Virginia and was originally named the Retreat for the Sick, then the Retreat Hospital. After five years the hospital was moved to North 12th Street, then again to Grove Avenue in 1921.

Jenkins died on December 13, 1901.