UK Association for the History of Nursing

Have you submitted your abstract to present at in London at our June 1st #Colloquium2026. Call open and closing on March 2nd. Please share widely #histnursing #histmed More info on the website . ukahn.org/colloquium-2... plus registration now open here store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-...

#histnursing #activistnurses 'why deny nurses a decent living?'

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#histnursing 'nurses have a hard struggle to make ends meet' Iris Brook

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Agnes Maclean wife of the famous Scottish Revolutionary John MacLean

BSP journal "The Call" 13th June 1918 states
"Maclean was married in 1909 to Miss Agnes Wood a socialist nurse"
Born: Ayton July 28, 1879, moved to Swansea and then Hawick
@leannehpatrick.bsky.social @unisonfifehealth.bsky.social

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One not to miss ! #histnursing #histmed #womenshistory

What a #OTD to celebrate ! Seems a good day to share this interesting #histnursing paper from our latest bulletin ‘Deeds Not Words’: the nurse suffragettes arrested between 1906-1914 ' by Vari Drennan bulletin.ukahn.org/deeds-not-wo...

#histnursing volunteer opportunity with the National Archive

Interested in the history of theatre nursing ? Here is a fascinating article from Norway #histnursing Professionalising theatre nursing: Educational reform and institutional change in Norway, 1975–2025 by Jan-Thore Lockertsen bulletin.ukahn.org/professional...

Marian Bannister (1879 – 1970) Marian Bannister was born in Beeston and trained as a nurse in Nottingham and Sheffield. Jill Oakland, who has researched Bannister’s life, outlines her career which spans two World Wars and the ho…

Remember Marian Bannister was awarded a Red Cross Medal for her service in World War I.
nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/m...

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Glad to hear the writing is going well - looking forward to reading Molly's biography !

delighted to have been gifted the Victory medal of Clarissa Bedwell who was a member of the Queen Alexandra (QAIMNS). I found her nursing career lasted far longer than the years of the conflict-44 years in fact!
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Dita H. Kinney seated

2/2/1901 — The United States Female Army Nurse Corps is established by Congress as a permanent corp within the U.S. Army Medical Dept. When launched in March 1901, Dita H. Kinney is named the first superintendent(1901-09) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed #BusrseSky #HistNursing #military

Recommended reading #histnursing #histmed

Enough is Enough! The Politics of Health in Cartoons| Event | Royal College of Nursing Join this talk on the history of nursing cartoons, from documenting nursing training in 1900 to political campaigns of the 1980s.

@rcnlibraries.bsky.social #histnursing in-person event London RCN on 18 February, featuring Radical Nurse Group cartoonist Cath Jackson: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

#histnursing online launch of exhibition on history and current issues in prison nursing - do join it !

#HistNursing find out more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dita_Ho...

Happening this Friday (February 6th)!

Join us for the February Virtual Speaker Series on February 6, from 12-1 pm Eastern, where Dr Andre Rosario will be presenting "Philanthropic Funding for Nurse-Managed Centres in Philadelphia, 1988-2002."

Register: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...

UK Association for the History of Nursing Research Colloquium 2026 | Kingston University The 27th UK Association for the History of Nursing(UKAHN)  Research Colloquium will be held on Monday 1st June 2026 at Kingston University, Londo

Booking now open for the 1st June 2026 UKAHN Colloquium in London store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-... . All info on the Colloquium - including call for papers and posters ukahn.org/colloquium-2... . Please share widely #histnursing #histmedicine

Hope to see you In London at our June 1st #Colloquium2026. Our call for presentations -oral and poster is now open and closes on the 2nd March. Please share widely #histnursing #histmed More info on the website . information.ukahn.org/colloquium-2...

#histnursing #militarynursing #otd 30 years of leadership career

Apply today for the H-15 Early Career Research Grant!

Deadline for Submission of applications: May 1, 2026

Date of Award: First week of July 2026

More information: aahn.memberclicks.net/research-gra...

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Call for Papers: The Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2026 celebrates 100 years of The Women’s Library and a century of women’s history.

Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

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Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.