Papers of Tom Mann
Thanks to Warwick Digital Archives, but also the Marxist Internet Archive and the Internet Archive who make amazing historical documents like this available to unaffiliated researchers like me
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing
08.02.2026 17:51 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. Panel shows a a suited man saying "The student nurse! Workhorse of the N.H.S. strong, reliable -- cheap to run..."
Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. A hand holding a pointing stick reaches into this panel and directs the attention at a poster. The hand belongs to the suited man from the previous panel. He says "She is the solution to our over-manning + under-funding problems". The poster depicts a nurse with disposable had, disposable uniform, disposable arm, disposable legs, disposable shoes all labelled. A thermometer labelled compassion scale indicates over 90% compassion.
Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. Panel shows a nurse above flames with steam or smoke emanating from her person as her eyes form spirals. The suited man's voice reaches into this frame and says "After 3 years training - working very hard for almost no money - she spontaneously combusts..."
Cath Jackson's Nurse Nightshade cartoon strip. Panel shows a the man rubbing his hands in glee. He says "Thus requiring no further employment."
Enough is Enough! A talk on the history of nursing cartoons from 1900 to 1980. Join historian Dr Sue Hawkins, cartoonist Cath Jackson, graphic novel editor Corinne Pearlman and Holly Burrows (Cartoon Museum).
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
06.02.2026 17:10 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 3
#HistNursing
07.02.2026 07:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
06.02.2026 09:50 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Moved to care graphic featuring run details (5 March to 2 September 2026)
Join us for the launch of Moved to Care: Stories of Nursing and Migration. Your chance for a first look around the exhibition. Enjoy free refreshments, an expert panel of speakers and activities.
📆 Thursday 5 March 2026
📍 London
✅ Book your spot: https://bit.ly/4pSGp4z
#MovedToCare #HistNursing
05.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
#HistNursing #HistMed
05.02.2026 15:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#MentalHealth
05.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
it's an amazing resource and will be so much more accessible with this work. Also, it's great that the 1921 census and the 1922 GNC registers can be crossed searched to find out what these women did after the war 💙
05.02.2026 10:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#HistNusing
05.02.2026 07:56 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Four Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses carrying an injured person on a stretcher during the Blitz in 1941
We’ve published a new collection of case studies showcasing the value and impact of charity archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Includes contributions from practitioners and organisations working across the archive and voluntary sectors! (1/2)
📷British Red Cross Museum and Archive
04.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 19 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0
Dr Edith Storey in late C19th B&W head & shoulders photo #WomenInMedicine #WomenInSTEM
Florence's sister, Dr Edith Stoney 1st woman #MedicalPhysicist, lectured in physics. 1902 sisters set up x-ray service in electrical department @ Royal Free Hospital after Florence became medical electrician. #WWI both worked in medical & X-Ray services on front line en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_A...
04.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Dr Florence Stoney in #WWI uniform wearing her medals
Dr Florence Stoney 1st woman UK #radiologist. Qual'd 1898 @ London School of Medicine for Women. Estab X-ray dept @ Elizabeth Garret Anderson hospital. #WWI served @ front line hospitals as head of surgical & X-ray. Early @wes1919.bsky.social memb. b. #OTD 4 Feb 1870 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florenc...
04.02.2026 20:38 — 👍 90 🔁 27 💬 2 📌 0
And this from the 'Notes from Scotland' article in the Nursing Times Date: Oct. 13, 1917 Volume: 13 , Issue: 650
04.02.2026 12:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Nursing Times story Oct. 13, 1917
Volume: 13 , Issue: 650
04.02.2026 12:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Looking forward to this #HistNursing addition!
04.02.2026 12:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Dana was one of many pseudonyms used by the prolific William Ross [1912-1995] tinyurl.com/2p9h26ru This title first published in 1966 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
04.02.2026 11:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Born #Onthisday 1870 in #Dublin, Florence Ada Stoney who was the first female radiologist in the United Kingdom. During #WW1 she served abroad as head of the X-ray department and of staff in makeshift hospitals www.dib.ie/biography/st...
04.02.2026 08:01 — 👍 30 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
My next talk is all about the #Victorian drinking fountain movement. Sounds niche now but it captured the nation from the 1850s and saved thousands of lives by the provision of free, filtered water.
Online THIS Saturday 7 FEB, book via the link
@thevicsoc.bsky.social
03.02.2026 12:26 — 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0
#HistNursing #WW1 #WomensHistory 💙
04.02.2026 10:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Mary McAlister - Wikipedia
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
04.02.2026 10:51 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
#HistNursing
03.02.2026 23:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
So much more to understand - we know so little about the impact of trauma on nurses mental health.
Take care of yourself - history can be emotional labour too. Especially when you get to know these nurses through their records 💙
03.02.2026 17:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
What a truly sad finding #histnursing #ww1
03.02.2026 12:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Also of interest to #WomensHistory @womenshistnet.bsky.social
03.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
#histnursing #politicalcartoons
03.02.2026 12:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Exhibition launch 'Women Behind Bars: Life in Newcastle Prison (1828–1925)' at Newcastle Cathedral on Wednesday 4 March 6:30PM
More info and tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/newcastle-ca...
@newcastlecathedral.bsky.social
03.02.2026 13:51 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
🌟 Looking to join our team? 🎉
We are looking for a new Digital Archives Assistant, with applications due 15.02.26!
For more information visit: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/digi...
#JobOpportunity #DigitalArchiving #HiringNow #ArchaeologyJobs
02.02.2026 16:08 — 👍 9 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
Library, Archive & Open Research Services @LSHTM.bsky.social - supporting discovery, preserving history, and promoting open access & open science, including LSHTM Press. Sharing collections, insights & updates from our community.
We are an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh, UCL & UWE Bristol, looking at 50 years of work-related gender equality legislation in the UK
Historian of 20thC Britain, London: liberalism, capitalism, media and sexuality, 1960s-90s / new thing on late 20thC political ecologies.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/academic-staff/dr-ben-mechen
Historian of suffrage theatre. Books, talks, walks, games, exhibitions - and more!
Performer and broadcaster. Former BBCR3/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Member of The Magic Circle. Does comedy, cabaret & magic as Ada Campe
www.naomipaxton.co.uk
Historian. Researcher and writer - dealer in books and ephemera by and about women. European. FRHistS. OBE.
King's College London Archives and the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
lnk.bio/kings_archives
Celebrating and sharing the historic archive collections of West Sussex, dating from 780AD to the present.
Website & catalogue - wsro.org.uk
Archive Service for @huddersfielduni.bsky.social. Home to the archives of @therfl.bsky.social, England Netball, Sound and Music, Labour history, @brassbandsengland.bsky.social and many more
www.heritagequay.org/discover
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum is a Grade I listed mill dating from 1170, that still mills flour. Restored, it is a popular, interactive museum where working machinery and milling bring history to life
The National Record Office of the Isle of Man, preserving the historic archives of Isle of Man Government and public bodies.
historian of 19th and 20th gender&religion; currently writing about feminist Catholics; religious communities in the inner city; lay sisters, female medical missioners
The Friends of The Women's Library support The Women's Library at LSE in acquisition, preservation and education. https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk
Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
Angelino. Photographer. Parent. Tech Lead. Erstwhile Librarian. Generator Generator. low key gooner. Real time jingle blaster.
Associate Professor, Archives and Records Management, UCL. Interested in person-centred and trauma-informed archives and records practice
A nationally accredited archive repository for Kent, established in 1933 and based in Maidstone. Get involved and keep up-to-date with the latest news and events from our service.
This account is monitored from Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5pm.
Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy offers an inspiring journey through the life and literature of one of Ireland's greatest literary voices.
Lecturer | Historian | Curator
Lecturing @unioftheartslondon and @westdean | PhD on post-war LCC sculpture and housing @KingstonSchArt | Fellow @RoyalHistSoc (she/her)
Digital preservation @ NLI, Dublin.
Formerly PRONI, Belfast
