American Union Army nurse Lucy Higgs Nichols standing among fellow Union Army members
4/10/1838 — b. Lucy Higgs Nichols, American nurse, escaped slave. AKA “Aunt Lucy”; Af-Am #CivilWar nurse for the Union Army. Only wmn to serve w/ 23rd Indiana Regiment during the war; honorary member,Grand Army of the Republic #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #military #MedSky #NurseSky #HistNursing #woc
Today's Comic: "Nellie the Nurse" ran from 1945 through Oct 1952 tinyurl.com/yb76r52d This issue is no. 18 from April 1949 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #comicbook
(Exposition) Soins infirmiers: Passé, présent et... futur ? histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/04/soin... #histnursing
Todays Vintage Book Cover: First published 1968 tinyurl.com/2p8r5zx7 One of the many female pseudonyms of very prolific writer William E.D. Ross [16 Nov 1912-1 Nov 1995] tinyurl.com/2b66yxd6
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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.
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Black and white grainy photo of Matron Edith King (seated) and two dogs, one on the left (Peter) and his brother Background is outdoors with trees
The Nursing Times February 24, 1934 Cardiff City Mental Hospital Journal article, two photos, top photo is the previously described and bottom larger photo is a large galleon type ship with sails
Screenshot with details of journal article and a copy of the article
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Here is Matron Edith King with her dogs, Peter & brother.
Currently research is Matron King so do get in touch if you have any information.
This article is from the Nursing Times, February 24, 1934
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Today's Vintage Book Cover: English author Kathleen Lindsay [1903-73] wrote 904 novels under 11 pseudonyms tinyurl.com/yck7t556 Manvers is one of them. This title published in 1961 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
Today for #WorldHealthDay here's an online exhibition reminding us of the impact of #ClimateCrisis #nursing and #PublicHealth 👀🌎
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round gilt and dark red enamel badge. the outer rim inscribed 'Combines Hospitals Nursing School', an added scroll on the bottom is inscribed 'Newbury. The central disc is divided into three, the background being dark red enamel, the sillouettes being in gilt: left is the cadeus (staff with snake - this snake has a very good forked tongue sticking out and appears to be smiling), at the top is the 'lamp of learning' (aladdin oil lamp style) and to the right is a casle with three towers with flags flying - (the nearest has a triangular pennant, the other two rectangular flags, sillouettes) - this is the stylised interpretation of Newbury Castle which is used in the Newbury coat of arms and often seen in local iconography such as the icon for Newbury Town Council.
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is the Combined Hospitals Training School #Newbury
As the #NHS developed nurse training was often delivered across or by several hospitals in an area, such as this one
Great snake
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Anzac Day is fast approaching and I’m honoured to be giving the Anzac Day address at the Christchurch Nurses Memorial Chapel service honouring our past nurses #HistNursing
🖥️ We have lots of fascinating talks free to watch online, like this recording of our event with the Cartoon Museum.
Watch now to learn about the history and politics of nursing cartoons. Check out our YouTube channel for more 👉 https://bit.ly/4sGaMg3
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Today’s Find: “Mercy Street” a PBS medical drama from 2016-17 that focused on two nurses at a hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, during the U.S. Civil War tinyurl.com/mr2nxwjm #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory
#histnursing - nursing was, and is, a dangerous occupation.
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Jerome Darwin Engel [b. 1909] published at least three medical novels 1940-42; this one in 1941 tinyurl.com/5bskzxmk #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
#HistNursing funding alert 📣👇
Grants of up to £2,500 are available for research projects, courses or activities related to #HistNursing and #Midwifery, for the duration of up to one year.
Closes: 5pm on 13 May
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Great new blog post in time for your morning tea break! 🫖 #TeaUp #HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social
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A bumper crop of #HistNursing #NursesinRed today
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One for #histnursing ?
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...
As #womenshistorymonth ends - some notable nurses written by our #nursesinred group #histnursing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric... Matron Monk (1882 - 1962) CBE, RRC COSTJ was a nursing leader, matron of The London Hospital for 12 years and President of the College of Nursing (now RCN).
As #womenshistorymonth ends - some notable nurses written by our #nursesinred group #histnursing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet... Matron Harriet Alsop MBE SRN ( 1867 -1950) advocate for nurses and nursing within the Poor Law system.
1922 painting of Sisi Nurse ( Charlotte Obama) instrumental in co- financing first midwifery trading in Nigeria #histnursing #womenshistorymonth. Painting by Aina Onabolu at Tate Modern exhibition.
