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The BCN also offered legal protection and more personal help when needed. It was well funded by an anonymous donor who had been encouraged by
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in order to offer its members professional education and support of various kinds. It was to be run by nurses, for nurses, in a democratic manner. Fenwick had many supporters but the
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