Although the group focuses on UK nursing, the British Empire and the mobility of the nursing workforce means there's frequently an international edge to the work - e.g. the nursing updates to the Bedford College article are abt the v impactful internat courses en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford...
Thanks - a huge amount to do! you can track our progress here (tho the data was reset late last year, so the numbers are not as high as they were ;) ) outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/RCN_...
Came here to say precisely that... 🙄
Our #NursesInRed #Wikipedia group are adding missing nursing organisations 💙
The RCN Foundation became an independent charity in 2010, continuing to support nurses in need across the UK
@rcnfoundation.bsky.social
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed #Charity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCN_Fou...
Will be interested to hear about Joseph Pease - distant relative of Fanny Pease - nurse and militant suffragette who was imprisoned and went on hunger strike for the right of women to vote en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_P... #histnursing #nursesinred
I'm looking for colleagues in the UK, #HistSTM, #HistMed, or #STS who work in institutional settings where they find it is difficult to place them in the right Unit of Assessment for REF2029. DM if that's you?
We hesitated before that wider sea
but our heads sang with purpose
& predatory peace.
…
At no great distance out in the bay
the swell took us into its mercy,
great upheaving slopes of water
sliding under us, collapsing,
crawling onward, mountainous.
Thomas Kinsella ‘Finistère’
round enamel badge. Outer two layered rim, white enamel inscribed 'Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital Training School for Nurses. the inner disc has an elephant with a castle on it's back, with a sheild behind it (the left half of the sheild enamelled in red) emblem of Coventry over a blue scroll with the motto Camera Principis-The Princes Chamber - reputedly a reference to the Black Prince who held property in the area. Local Lore, who knew, though what it has to do with nursing I'm not sure... :)
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is the #Coventry & #Warwickshire Hospital Nurse Training School
C&W hospital 1867-2006 based in Coventry. It was hit hard in WW2 bombing www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2p...
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
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This 👇 (& one of those things professionals know but few people outside understand) (even less than white gloves)
📅 International Nurses’ Day is back on 12 May!
This year, we’re celebrating the contribution of nursing staff, in the UK and across the world. 🌍
Learn more and get involved: https://bit.ly/3Ozh5mN
#InternationalNursesDay
round enamel badge. Outer two layered rim, white enamel inscribed 'Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital Training School for Nurses. the inner disc has an elephant with a castle on it's back, with a sheild behind it (the left half of the sheild enamelled in red) emblem of Coventry over a blue scroll with the motto Camera Principis-The Princes Chamber - reputedly a reference to the Black Prince who held property in the area. Local Lore, who knew, though what it has to do with nursing I'm not sure... :)
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is the #Coventry & #Warwickshire Hospital Nurse Training School
C&W hospital 1867-2006 based in Coventry. It was hit hard in WW2 bombing www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2p...
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
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I've done another video to explain how to use the #1926census map search as well. Please share. #Speirgorm #IrishGenealogy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
youtu.be/Eaz6OIggPuc
WHN Annual Conference 2026 CfP womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c... Final CFP deadline is now 30 April.
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Near Oxford Circus? Why not check out our new exhibition 'Moved to Care': Stories of Nursing and Migration.
Visit the exhibition until 2 September or view it online: https://bit.ly/4aSES9E
#MovedToCare #RCNLibraries #HistNursing #Museum #Exhibition #Migration #NursingHistory
Thanks to @mpsheritage.bsky.social I think I may have identified an original Sylvia Pankhurst artwork. Altho' for licensing agreement the pic below isn't the original - but to unravel the mystery read on...
womanandhersphere.com/2026/04/17/s...
What a wonderful piece of detective work! Thanks for sharing 💙
gilt with red and white enamel medal. The medal is attached to clothing via a red enamel bar at the top - this has a scroll design and is red enamel with 'County of Cambridge' inscribed. Hanging from the bar is a round medal, the outer rim is red enamel inscribed 'The British Red Corss Societ'. In the centre is a shield, with white enamel and a red cross at the centre.
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is the County of #Cambridge British Red Cross Society
Many #nurses belong(ed) to BRCS.
They have their very own archive & museum 💙https://shorturl.at/NJcqn
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
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Our #NursesInRed #Wikipedia group are adding nursing to key topics💙
Bedford College London was the 1st HE college for women in the UK. 1921-39 it ran postgrad #nursing courses, inc for international students w/ @rcn.org.uk
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford...
It's been so great to have Romalyn Ante here with us as our April Writer in Residence. We're lucky to have Romalyn for two more days. Drop by to discuss your writing 3-4pm Thursday and 2-3pm Friday. There's still a few bookable slots for members left
✒️More info: https://bit.ly/41ARA7v
#MovedToCare
Join us next Tuesday at 4pm GMT for the final session of our Spring Seminar Series. Dr Kellie Bradshaw will be presenting a paper on 'Controlled Leisure: Women Shop Assistants in London before 1914'. You can sign up for the session here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-for-...
We regret we cannot help you, but if you were anywhere near a library, you could find the information you need.
Recording studio vocal booth. A microphone is positioned above an iPad.
A book Disability a History of Resistance by David Turner. The cover shows a man without arms or legs in 18th century costume.
A white banner with the slogan AS ONE WE ARE STRONG, attributed to Zephaniah Williams
My (very small) office for the week, recording the audiobook of Disability: a History of Resistance. Radical Newport seems a fitting place to be recording my words on disabled people's role in 19th century working class struggles.
Esp since it was pre antibiotics….
Our #NursesInRed #Wikipedia group are adding nursing to key topics💙
Bedford College London was the 1st HE college for women in the UK. 1921-39 it ran postgrad #nursing courses, inc for international students w/ @rcn.org.uk
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford...
gilt with red and white enamel medal. The medal is attached to clothing via a red enamel bar at the top - this has a scroll design and is red enamel with 'County of Cambridge' inscribed. Hanging from the bar is a round medal, the outer rim is red enamel inscribed 'The British Red Corss Societ'. In the centre is a shield, with white enamel and a red cross at the centre.
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is the County of #Cambridge British Red Cross Society
Many #nurses belong(ed) to BRCS.
They have their very own archive & museum 💙https://shorturl.at/NJcqn
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
See more #RCNArchives badges 👀
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
At a recent parliamentary lobby, we spoke to Patience about how migrant nursing staff will be affected by the proposed changes to the Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) system.
Write to your MP today to demand the UK government scrap the proposed changes. https://bit.ly/45qa50U
