East Vancouver BC, Francis Street is in the Grandview-Woodland neighborhood.
Fanny Dalrymple Redmond (circa 1850-1932) and better known as Sister Frances, was Vancouver’s first public health nurse and directed B.C.’s original training school for nurses. She also co-founded St. Luke’s, one of Vancouver’s first hospitals, and according to The History of Metropolitan Vancouver, was called the “Florence Nightingale of the City” for her work during the smallpox epidemic of the 1890s.
Esther Paulson Street
Vancouver BC, The new public street between Cambie Street and Heather Street, running south from West 57th Avenue to West 59th Avenue.
“At the Cambie Gardens development, near West 57th Avenue and Cambie Street, the city designated Paulson Street for Esther Paulson (1906–2004), the first director of nursing at the George Pearson Tuberculosis Hospital, which became the George Pearson Centre long-term care facility.