This is gonna be so fun. Two days, two panels about history of contraception, in connection to the @nursingclio.bsky.social book. 🎉

Nurses not Nursing: Insensible Violence and Institutional Inertia The nursing organizations that purport to represent the entire profession repeatedly and resolutely refuse to sharpen their political analysis, refuse to walk what they so readily talk, and I am fu…

“…by choosing late engagement and a politics of neutrality, nursing shores up proximity to white, patriarchal power while mobilizing the moral cache of gendered carework.” Read more of @jessdw.bsky.social fantastic article here ➡️ nursingclio.org/2026/04/08/n...

If you’re not reading @nursingclio.bsky.social, you’re missing out. It was also a joy to work with them to bring this piece to life.

Join @jackiantonovich.bsky.social and Dr. Udodiri Okwandu on April 15 to hear about our new book The Nursing Clio Reader!

On April 22 some of our fantastic editors and contributors for The Nursing Clio Reader will be talking at the Dittrick Medical History Centre. It’s available on Zoom too! artsci.case.edu/dittrick/upc...

Only a week and a half left to get in your submissions to the NC Prize for Best Journal Article! nursingclio.org/awards/

Confining yet Convenient: Using Gender Norms to Defend Oneself in Cases of Rural Spousal Violence in Post-Independence Ireland Before divorce was legalized in Ireland in 1995, spouses desperate for freedom from an unhappy marriage sometimes turned to killing their partners. Three cases involving spousal murder between 1925…

Y'know what helps lower spousal murder rates?

Legalized divorce. So surprising.

Clara Luger's new @nursingclio.bsky.social essay uses Ireland to explain why:

nursingclio.org/2026/04/01/c...

We are accepting proposals for a resident 16-week summer research fellowship, which will investigate a topic relevant to the history of health and health care. ⁠
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Find the full application details here:https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/fellowship

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‘The Finding Katherine Project’: a window into the life of Scottish suffragist, Katherine Walker Lindsay – Katherine Ingram I first learned of Katherine Walker Lindsay in early 2025 when I was examining the letter books of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Society for Women’s Suffrage (GWSSWS), a branch of the National U…

New on the blog!

@kating03.bsky.social explores the life of Scottish suffragist Katherine Walker Lindsay, piecing together her story through extensive archival research, including newspaper and census records #suffrage #votesforwomen #womenshistory

womenshistorynetwork.org/scottish-suf...

The Virgins’ Malady: How Marriage Became a Medical Treatment “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, / Who is already sick and pale with grief /… / Be not her maid, since she is envious; / Her vestal livery is but sick and green / And none but fools do …

Today we have a fantastic essay on medicine’s patriarchal assumptions in treating women’s bodies. nursingclio.org/2026/03/25/t...

One day to go! We're really looking forward to hearing more about Dr Durban's research on married lesbian mothers in the late twentieth century. You can register for the webinar in the post below...

Review of Minji Lee, The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body (Arc Humanities Press, 2025) I teach a course called “Women and Medicine” that explores the history of women as medical practitioners, patients, and objects of medical knowledge from the ancient Greeks to the present. Early in…

Today for NC we have a fantastic review of Minji Lee’s book THE MEDIEVAL WOMB. Read the full review here! nursingclio.org/2026/03/18/r...

Review of Minji Lee, The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body (Arc Humanities Press, 2025) I teach a course called “Women and Medicine” that explores the history of women as medical practitioners, patients, and objects of medical knowledge from the ancient Greeks to the present. Early in…

In the first semester of my PhD, I wrote an essay about menstruation in Hildegard of Bingen's intellectual work, which is absolutely fascinating if you've never looked into it. If I'd had Lee's incredible book back then, the essay writing would've been much easier!

nursingclio.org/2026/03/18/r...

The Lone Woman of Kokura She was alone. The men and women of the domain were all gone. In their flight, they’d set the castle town afire to deny the enemy the prize they sought. There was no stopping the enemy now — …

Among women at war in early modern Japan, Nakano Takeko gets a lot of press. But she was far from the only one. This is the story of one brave woman who held fast in the face of Choshu troops while her community fled.

Read on in my 2020 article for @nursingclio.bsky.social

Nursing Clio The Personal is Historical

Asked my MA students to pick an article from @nursingclio.bsky.social for our History and Policy class. They all chose a great piece on the history of trans bathroom panics and we had such an interesting discussion. nursingclio.org is a brilliant resource for teaching.

The Secret Ingredient is Hope: Heated Rivalry (2025), US Television & the Historical Pathologization of Gay Desire Since debuting in North America in late November 2025, the Canadian streaming show Heated Rivalry has become a global sensation. Large-distribution magazines, trade entertainment press, academic bl…

“Positivity is key for Heated Rivalry’s viral acclaim. Throughout the nine years covered in the show, Ilya and Shane remain world-class athletes in control of their lives, their sexuality and unlabeled neurodivergence never used to punish them.” Read more here! nursingclio.org/2026/03/11/t...

The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective's The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice | Australian Women's History Network In this blog, Michael Stockwell reviews a new edited collection about the feminist academic blog, Nursing Clio, edited by the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective.

For IWD 2026, our wonderful Editorial Assistant Michael Stockwell has published a review of @nursingclio.bsky.social's excellent edited collection 💫

Read it below ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/nursing...

#IWD2026 #feministhistory #womenhistorymonth

I wrote a review of @wendylrouse.bsky.social 's Her Own Hero back in the day for @nursingclio.bsky.social
nursingclio.org/2019/04/04/h... #HATM

“Professional” Program Redefinition Endangers the US Healthcare Workforce Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for the millions of Americans who live in healthcare deserts: 87% are trained as primary care providers, and 80% care for Medicaid patients. Yet an obscure commit…

Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for millions who live in healthcare deserts. A new proposed federal rule would strip NPs of access to education funds, putting the workforce at risk.

@coryellen.bsky.social writes about the dangers of this rule in @nursingclio.bsky.social

Weaponizing Sound and Space: Spatial and Sonic Patriarchy as Forms of Anti-abortion Violence Shannon Stettner[1] The space outside abortion clinics is complicated. Much of it is public and there are important discussions about the uses of public space, the right to protest, and the “owners…

Shannon Stettner explores how space and sound can be used to enact anti-abortion violence.

After a Miscarriage, What Happens to the Fetus? The History is Complicated. This essay is part one of a two-part series on fetal remains and cultural politics. “Abuse of a corpse.” “Abandonment of a dead body.” “Concealment of the death of another.” These are charges that …

Today we published the first half of @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social series on fetal remains and cultural politics. Part one explores the history of handling fetal remains. nursingclio.org/2026/03/03/a...

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Author Series: The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London About the book: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, venereal disease, or the 'pox,' was a dreaded diagnosis throughout Europe. Its ghastly marks, along with their...

For Boston area peoples: there’s a fun-fact-filled talk about the history of STIs at Harvard’s @countwaylibrary.bsky.social on March 31!

libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15805705

Friendly reminder that we’re still accepting nominations the NC Prize for Best Journal Article!

In Pursuit of Purity: Environmental Affects, Reproduction, and the Promise of Bodily Sovereignty In The New York Times on October 10, 2025, an article titled “The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills” described a growing concern regarding “abortion po…

“Antiabortion activists who promote baseless anxieties around “abortion pollution” and “chemical abortion” amplify environmental affects of distrust and longstanding feminist concerns surrounding tensions between reproductive technology and bodily autonomy.” nursingclio.org/2026/02/25/i...

“Professional” Program Redefinition Endangers the US Healthcare Workforce Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for the millions of Americans who live in healthcare deserts: 87% are trained as primary care providers, and 80% care for Medicaid patients. Yet an obscure commit…

87% of NPs are primary health care providers. “Yet an obscure committee now promises to strip them of access to educational funds, putting the healthcare system, the nursing workforce, and patients at risk,” writes Cory Ellen Gatrall in this week’s ER essay. nursingclio.org/2026/02/23/p...

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“Professional” Program Redefinition Endangers the US Healthcare Workforce Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for the millions of Americans who live in healthcare deserts: 87% are trained as primary care providers, and 80% care for Medicaid patients. Yet an obscure commit…

Great new @nursingclio.bsky.social Emergency Response piece on the US Healthcare Workforce Professional Program and the impact of current cuts on nurses 👩‍⚕️

nursingclio.org/2026/02/23/p...

It’s been an exciting week at AAHM! 🎉

We're hiring two Social Media Coordinators to support the day-to-day management of our social media channels & help drive digital engagement.

Learn more here: histmed.org/join-aahm-as...