#histnursing - nursing was, and is, a dangerous occupation.

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A bumper crop of #HistNursing #NursesinRed today

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Linked to the Exhibition on Nurse Catherine Pine - our #histnursing forum chair speaking on 'Deeds not Words - the nurse suffragettes arrested 1906-1914'. Wednesday 20th May at 4:00pm BST (London Time) #histnursing All details via the link florence-nightingale.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket...

Great new blog post in time for your morning tea break! 🫖 #TeaUp #HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social

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oval silver medal, the rim inscribed 'Colonial Nursing Association 1896' with the figure 'Britannia' in profile in the centre. Attached to a blue ribbon. the top of the ribbon is a silver bar with oak leaves, another silver bar with 1912-1922 is fixed on the ribbon. (presumably dates of service)

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is from the Colonial Nursing Association 1895-1966

Formed to provide trained nurses to British communities abroad, esp in the British colonies
1919 renamed Overseas Nursing Ass

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#histnursing an online presentation - one to sign up for ?

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Aga Khan meets Florence Nightingale In 1898, Florence Nightingale invited the Aga Khan around to her London home for tea

an interesting perspective on Florence Nightingale #histnursing
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@dohertyta.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social guessing you know of this already #histnursing opportunities

and we are looking forward to meeting up with you on 1st June 2026 at the Colloquium ! #Histnursing

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Registration now open UKAHN Colloquium 1st June 2026 at Kingston University London - hope to meet you there store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-...

WW1 love and death in war time

Indigenous #histnursing and a brilliant example why we have to scrutinise the narrative of the white nurse.

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In London , UK , tomorrow ? #histnursing - one to join .

#histnursing nothing quite like leg of mutton sleeves on nurses’ uniforms …..

Interested in the prison nursing ? #histnurisng #histmed - open to all and online tonight UK time .

Interested in nursing in Poor law Infirmaries ? this may be of interest #histnursing

Quick reminder - 2nd March closing date for abstract submission to our June 1st #Colloquium2026 in London, UK. Please share widely #histnursing #histmed More info on the website . ukahn.org/colloquium-2... plus registration now open here store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-...

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Today's #HistNursing #Badge is the Civil Nursing Reserve est 1938 it was part of the Air Raid Precautions services in WW2

CNR had trained nurses in hospitals & first aid posts, wkg with nursing assistants.

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She won a landmark discrimination case in Canada. An exhibit and play honour her legacy | CBC News Gloria Baylis, a Black nurse from Barbados, took a Montreal hotel giant to court in the 60s and won. It was the first Canadian case where an institution was found guilty of job discrimination based on...

Registered Nurse Gloria Baylis Won a Landmark Discrimination Case in Canada | A new exhibit and play celebrates the civil rights pioneer legacy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #Canadian #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #NurseSky #HistNursing #woc #civilrights

Starting on Wednesday at 8pm on Channel 5, watch Our Hospital Through Time. Tune in to see us showing @profaliceroberts.bsky.social our collection items and discussing the history of St Bartholomew's Hospital

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Ethel Gordon Fenwick memorial plus excellent question in blog #histnursing Did the Nurses Registration Act 1919 achieve its aim of public protection ?

#histnursing provides a lens to understand recent events and think about future ones - Katherine Roberts provides a great example in this paper 'Becoming Family: A Comparison of Nurses’ Provision of Emotional Support during both COVID-19 and the Second World War' bulletin.ukahn.org/becoming-fam...