She was not going to stay in Australia for long.
In 1915, she sold the hospital and booked a passage to England where she hoped to join the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS).
Only registered nurses could join the AANS, but after a month, she was able to earn her way into the service. She was given the title "Sister" (head nurse) there.
Queensland Nurses leaving the Brisbane City Hall, 1940, Courtesy of State Library of Queensland.
A Rocky Start
Sister Kenny and Children, Courtesy of History.Physio
The Kenny Method received great disapproval among the medical community after a government-sponsored demonstration.
It did not help that her method was the opposite of the standard treatment of the time (immobilization techniques).
Despite this, the government still allowed clinics that utilized the Kenny method, to open.
She failed to promote the Kenny Method in England, and the support she had in her homeland was diminishing.
But she wasn't going to stop there.
In 1940, with support of the Queensland Government, she was able to book a trip to the United States, and reattempt at her pioneering for spreading the Kenny Method.
United States Flag, Courtesy of Wikimedia