About Edna Watson
Lived 1895 – 1976 (aged 80–81). Edna Watson was a politician.
Edna Irene Watson MCP (2 August 1895, Montreal
Biography
Watson was born on August 2, 1895, in Montreal, Canada, and trained as a physiotherapist at McGill University. Before her marriage, she worked in Toronto and Winnipeg treating Canadian servicemen returning from the First World War.
Watson was credited with saving the life of the injured captain, Roland Alderson, by keeping him afloat and encouraging other survivors until rescue arrived.
During her term, Watson chaired the Transport Control Board and the Social Welfare Board and later established the Committee of 25, which founded Bermuda's first children's convalescent hospital.
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