Teresa Doherty

Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice

“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

#histnursing - nurses always other things to do than have their photo taken ….

Silver and blue enamel badge. A round silver disc with the profile if a central robed woman holding a light, surrounded by ill/disabled men women and childredn. Above the disc is a royal blue plaque with 'Cardiff Royal Infirmary' inscribed in silver, with a little crown topping it off.

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is #Cardiff Royal Infirmary #Wales

It opened on its current site in 1883 and developed out of the 'Dispensary' hospital est in 1822.

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

See more of #RCNArchives badges 👀
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Mary Ann Bickerdyke | Ohio Historical Society

11/24-25/1863 — Union hospital administrator, Mother Bickerdyke, is the only wmn to nurse wounded soldiers at the battle of Lookout Mountain + Missionary Ridge,TN during the #CivilWar. Est 300 field hosps; later an advocate for vets #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #NurseSky #HistMed #HistNursing

An extraordinary opportunity to hear oral testimony of nursing in the AIDs pandemic #histnursing #hiv/aids

Silver and blue enamel badge. A round silver disc with the profile if a central robed woman holding a light, surrounded by ill/disabled men women and childredn. Above the disc is a royal blue plaque with 'Cardiff Royal Infirmary' inscribed in silver, with a little crown topping it off.

Today's #HistNursing #Badge is #Cardiff Royal Infirmary #Wales

It opened on its current site in 1883 and developed out of the 'Dispensary' hospital est in 1822.

@rcnhistory.bsky.social

See more of #RCNArchives badges 👀
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#HistNursing

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Aye

A wide interior shot of York Minster cathedral, taken from the nave.

Congratulations to: Hackney Archives, Marx Memorial Library, Powys Archives @mediamuseum.bsky.social, @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social & @yorkminster.bsky.social Archives on achieving Archive Service Accreditation for the first time! (1/2)

📷 The Chapter of York, Photographer: Peter Li

Calling all archivists, records mgrs, conservators & archive institutions on island of Ireland - if you've any events happening for Explore Your Archive Focus week, 29/11-7/12/25, send in details to either of our wonderful officers, @erinmck96.bsky.social or @rebeccaoneill.bsky.social !
#EYA2025

Sorry for yr loss xx

Bursaries The Society for the Study of Labour History offers financial support to PhD students, post-graduate researchers and independent scholars engaged in postgraduate-level research, as well as to BA and…

Find out more about our #bursaries. We are always open to applicants sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

#HistNursing next week's event! Looking forward to seeing people inperson

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#OTD Nurse Fanny Pease arrested in the suffragettes’ attempt to petition Parliament #BlackFriday #suffragettes #histnursing
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Promotional image for "A Home for Nursing: Behind the Scenes Tour" on 3rd December 2025, 3-4pm at the Royal College of Nursing in London. The image features an elegant interior with a large circular window and warm lighting.

Join one of our monthly behind the scenes tours to explore the secrets of 20 Cavendish Square, home to the Royal College of Nursing. Our next tour takes place on 3 December.

📆 3 December, 3pm
📍 London
🎟️ £9 or free for RCN members

The first male nurses | Nursing History Now | Royal College of Nursing Who were the first men on the general nursing register? Dr Stuart Wildman, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, finds out

As it's #InternationalMensDay this #HistNursing article on men who were amongst the early registered #nurses is well worth a 5 minute read

Time for #TeaUp 🫖📖

www.rcn.org.uk/magazines/Hi...

OTD 1910 Black Friday when 300 women demonstrating for the right to vote were met with extreme police brutality. Rosa May Billinghurst born and raised in Lewisham, confined to a wheelchair, was one of the women subjected to inhumane treatment by the police. Her first hand account is shown below.

Euan's Guide Making the world more accessible one review at a time.

🌍 It’s World Toilet Day!

Accessible toilets matter - and even the smallest change can make a big difference to confidence, dignity, and independence.

Want to help us make accessible loos safer? 👉 buff.ly/s1YKW5U

#WorldToiletDay #AccessMatters

Happy #MobileLibrariesDay! 📚

An annual celebration of all the intrepid Mobile Library drivers who head out across the urban, rural and island communities of Scotland every week, delivering books, knowledge and entertainment. 📚

#BookWeekScotland #LoveLibraries

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...

Just tripped over this lovely overview of #HistNursing #Ireland

Just as State Registration of Nursing starts, you also get the beginnings of an independent Ireland. So the administration is a bit messy - which makes this particularly useful!

www.nmbi.ie/NMBI/media/N...

Am looking for PhD students to supervise under this particular call! And v interested in Home student applicants - please share with any ambitious DH/LIS students you know who are on the technical side…

#histnursing and #activism

Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.

A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Amanda Akin standing | April 1863

11/18/1825 — b. Amanda Akin Stearns, American Civil War nurse, author, memoirist. Joined the Union cause (1863); served at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington D.C. Wrote two books; one on her nursing experiences, “The Lady Nurse of Ward E” (1909) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistNursing #MedSky

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NEWS: In a moving and poignant case study for modern heritage, the government has announced that the National Covid Memorial Wall in Lambeth will be permanently preserved, less than five years after its creation. Detailed feasibility studies will determine the best methods of ongoing conservation.