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...
Meet Violet Jones RRC (1881-1942)💙
Born in #London Trained in #Brighton
Principal Matron QAIMNS 1939-.
Killed in #WW2 bombing of SS Kuala during the evacuation of Singapore in 1942.
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_...
Reminder to our Auckand Wikimedians that this event is on tomorrow, April 7.
Join Auckland Museum to explore NZ military nursing history and the #WomenInRed movement.
Only 20% of Wikipedia bios are women. Let’s fix that. ✍️🔴
Register here: www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/whats-...
A bumper crop of #HistNursing #NursesinRed today
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#WomensHistory #WomenInRed #Wikipedia
Alongside biographical articles #NursesInRed #Wikipedia are writting up key topics💙
'Cottage Nurses' provided healthcare for rural areas (weren't district nurses nor cottage hospitals). est 1893 faded out post registration
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottage...
Continuing this work with a new biography on the Wiki.
This time the tricky story of Fortunata, a young enslaved woman sold in Roman London, known from her deed-of-sale found in 1994.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna...
#1day1woman
#WomenInRed
Alongside biographical articles #NursesInRed #Wikipedia are writting up key milestones 💙
e.g. The #Nurses Salaries Committee 1941-1943 first official body to fix salary scales & conditions for nursing in #England
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurses_...
Meet Laura Holroyde RRC&Bar (1881-1958)💙
Born in #Nottingham Trained in #London
#WW1 Military Matron
Matron of the London Fever Hospital 25+years, and founder member of the Royal College of Nursing
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_H...
Harriet Alsop MBE (1867-1950) 💙
Born in #Rugby Trained in #Birmingham
Worked in #Leeds & #Kensington an advocate for nurse training & registration of Poor Law Infirmaries
Lobbied for nurse pensions
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet...
Meet Henrietta Hannath RRC (1863–1939) 💙
Born in #Worksop Trained in #London
Worked in #Bristol & #Wolverhampton
#WW1 #Matron '5th Northern General Hospital' #Leicester
#RCN Member No. 875 🥇
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriet...
screenshot of Events for February organised by Wikipedia's Women in Red project
February is already a week in! #WomenInRed celebrate Black Women, Works by women & countries beginning with B. And there is year-long sport for Winter Olympic fans en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped... @wmau.bsky.social @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social
As well as writing new entries we're improving existing ones
Meet Mary McAlister CBE (1896-1976) 💙
Born #Rathmullan Trained #Glasgow She was the first nurse to be elected a UK Member of Parliament
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mc...
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
Women in Red logo
This means that women and non-binary classicists on #Wikipedia are represented just as well (or just as badly!) as women on English-language Wikipedia more generally, making up around 20.28% of biographical articles.
Look up #WomenInRed for more info #WCCWiki
As well as writing new entries we've improved existing ones
Meet Dame Catherine Mary Hall DBE FRCN (1922-1996) 💙
Born in #Sheffield Was very impactful General Secretary @rcn.org.uk 1957–82
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheri...
Meet Marget Husband RRC (1887-1986) 💙
Born in #Fife a farmer's daughter
Trained in #Edinburgh & #Aberdeen
Worked in #Cardiff ##Newport
Became #Matron #Glasgow Royal Infirmary
#RCN Council Member
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marget_...
Welcome to #Swandean Isolation #Hospital nr #Worthing
This is a new #Wikipedia hospital article which includes Matron Rose Agnes Hall (1869–1947) who trained at The London Hospital 💙
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #HistMed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swandea...
Meet Edith Manners OBE (1899-1966) 💙
Born in #Blyth #Northumberland She trained at Glasgow. Took posts around the UK. Was #Matron #Glasgow Royal Infirmary 1947-60, leading the move to the #NHS
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_G...
The VERY useful list of #HistNursing #nurses with #Wikipedia articles has been updated 📖💙
Stories of amazing professionals await!
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #Wikipedia group use the list to inform their #NursesInRed project 🥳
#WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Some of our #NursesInRed editors are interested in #London County Council (LCC) #hospital matrons
Here's their entry for #Lambeth Hospital Brook Drive 1876-1976 - naming Matrons Griffiths, Byles & Woodman
#HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth...
Meet Wilby Hart RVM (1881-1967), a stone mason, sculptor, AND nurse to royalty 💙
Born in #Bombay Trained @ The London Hospital under Luckes. As pt of their Private Nursing Institute nursed royals
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilby_H...
Meet Edith Greaves MBE (1880-1967) 💙
A farmer's daughter, born in #Worcester Trained at The London Hospital. Matron, City of London Maternity Hospital for 32+ years
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_G...
Meet Dorothy Sandys Coode OBE (1873 - 1967) 💙
Born #StAustell She trained & worked her whole career at St Thomas’ Hospital where she intro developments in #nurse training. President of @rcn.org.uk
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
This week's #NursesInRed #Wikipedia entry is a poignant one
#LestWeForget the Nurses Chapel in Westminster Abbey was opened in 1950 honouring the nurses, midwives & auxiliaries;
with a roll of honour for #WW2 deceased
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nur...
Meet Katherine Edith McCall Anderson RRC & Bar (1866–1924) 💙
Born in #Glasgow Her 1901 RRC was for serving in the 2nd Boer War, the 1919 Bar for #WW1
Matron St George's #London; Buried in Glasow
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katheri...
Hilda Marjorie Simpson OBE FRCN (1914-1992)💙
Trained at St Thomas' London, she went on to work @rcn.org.uk leading on education.
A huge influence in nurse-education she founded the successful @rcnresearchforum.bsky.social
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
Thanks for sharing - useful reading
#wikipedia is a key place where we need to shift the gender bias (currently only 19% W articles are of women)
Which in turn is a fight to shift AI-data gender bias
#WomenInRed #NursesInRed ✊
Meet Catherine Black MVO MBE RRC (1878-1949) 💙
Born in #Ramelton #Donegal trained by Eva Luckes at The London Hospital in 1905, a #WW1 nurse, also nursed King George V.
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheri...
Meet Annie Brewster (1858-1902)
Born #StVincent #Caribbean In 1884 trained to be a specialist Ophthalmic nurse at the London Hospital till her death
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia #BlackHistoryMonth @rcnhistory.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_B...
Meet Kathleen Robb, OBE, OStJ, FRCN (1923–2020)💙
Born in #Belfast last matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital. Advocate for @rcn.org.uk she was on RCN Council for 20 years
#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
@rcnhistory.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathlee...
Many Congratulations to Walburga Hemetsberger on winning the Becquerel Prize!
I couldn't stand that her name on the prize's page was a link to nowhere on @wikipedia.org, so I fixed that and started her article. #womeninred #womenintech #solar #energytransition
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walburg...
