Teresa Doherty
@dohertyta.bsky.social
Head of #Archives & #Records (inc #DigitalArchives) & Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing. From chick to butterfly, finding my peeps
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My latest blog on a TFNS nurse. Millicent was a matron in Malta. Her life was so interesting. coming from the family who owned βShipphamβ paste she nursed for 40 years and I have found letters from her on a patientβs file.A Completely forgotten life
#NursingHistory
historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/
#NursingHistory
historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1881, Herbertine Auclert publishes the first edition of La Citoyenne in Paris, France. The feminist newspaper runs for ten years.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #WomenPublishers ποΈ
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #WomenPublishers ποΈ
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#OnThisDay, 13 Feb 1881, Herbertine Auclert publishes the first edition of La Citoyenne in Paris, France. The feminist newspaper runs for ten years.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #WomenPublishers ποΈ
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #WomenPublishers ποΈ
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Today's Find: "Twilight Zone" episode "Twenty-Two" 10 Feb 1961 A professional dancer is hospitalized & dreams about a sinister nurse at the morgue. Arlene Martel played the nurse who declared "Room for one more, honey" tinyurl.com/y6w4wvwq #histmed #histnursing
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Today's Find: "Twilight Zone" episode "Twenty-Two" 10 Feb 1961 A professional dancer is hospitalized & dreams about a sinister nurse at the morgue. Arlene Martel played the nurse who declared "Room for one more, honey" tinyurl.com/y6w4wvwq #histmed #histnursing
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Todayβs Comic: βMyra North, Special Nurseβ ran as a daily comic strip in U.S. newspapers from Feb 10, 1936 until March 25, 1939 tinyurl.com/y6tmpynv & tinyurl.com/y22h83re #histmed #medicalhistory #histnursing #nursinghistory
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Todayβs Comic: βMyra North, Special Nurseβ ran as a daily comic strip in U.S. newspapers from Feb 10, 1936 until March 25, 1939 tinyurl.com/y6tmpynv & tinyurl.com/y22h83re #histmed #medicalhistory #histnursing #nursinghistory
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Take some time to explore the RCN Archives. Here's a postcard from the Biley collection, showing a family connecting during difficult circumstances in 1914.
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
![Text transcription:
We were so pleased to hear Tom has arrived quite safe and that he got the
presents through safely. You will have got used to
him by this [?] Hope he is quite better. Sorry he had been so ill.
You will get quite conversant with English folk and their
ways but of course we have to adapt ourselves to the
situation we are placed in.
Hope you are [β¦]
Grandpa and Grandma.β](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vcylvkgpxjfbwk6rn3fmfre4/bafkreihc6vrybmwo4ql5qemzfz6jtb7y7e5bo2xuy2dx4iqya2hvnljbam@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Take some time to explore the RCN Archives. Here's a postcard from the Biley collection, showing a family connecting during difficult circumstances in 1914.
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
New Infirmary, Newcastle on Tyne, 3 May 1914 - front and back: https://bit.ly/4rcgohp
#ExploreYourArchive
#HistNursing
#EYAConnections
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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-...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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-...
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#histnursing - we are working on our submission π
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-...
information.ukahn.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
#histnursing - we are working on our submission π
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Apply today for the H-21 Established Scholar Research Grant!
Applications due May 1, 2026.
Find out more information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/research-gra...
#histnursing
Applications due May 1, 2026.
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#histnursing
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Apply today for the H-21 Established Scholar Research Grant!
Applications due May 1, 2026.
Find out more information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/research-gra...
#histnursing
Applications due May 1, 2026.
Find out more information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/research-gra...
#histnursing
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This brass shoulder badge was part of the uniform of the Scottish Womenβs Hospitals. Around 1500 women served with the SWH in France, Russia, Greece, Corsica and Serbia. They cared for soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war in the heart of war zones.
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Despite recent challenges, our UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nationβs online heritage.
Find out more about UK Web Archive recovery in this latest blog post here: link.bl.uk/aaq
Find out more about UK Web Archive recovery in this latest blog post here: link.bl.uk/aaq
The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes
We are hoping to restore the UK Web Archive towards the middle of 2026.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Despite recent challenges, our UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nationβs online heritage.
Find out more about UK Web Archive recovery in this latest blog post here: link.bl.uk/aaq
Find out more about UK Web Archive recovery in this latest blog post here: link.bl.uk/aaq
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#OtD 12 Feb 1970 hundreds of women textile workers at the John Collier factory in Leeds walked out on wildcat strike for pay equality with men. The union denounced the strike, but it spread until the employers agreed pay rises for women and men. More: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8388...
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 AM
#OtD 12 Feb 1970 hundreds of women textile workers at the John Collier factory in Leeds walked out on wildcat strike for pay equality with men. The union denounced the strike, but it spread until the employers agreed pay rises for women and men. More: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8388...
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#hustnursing sounds great !
Getting prepped for my presentation at the PHANZA conference in Wellington- incredible line up of speakers & Iβm sharing the next data about my WW1 nurses relating to my analysis of death certs of nurses who died early. phanza.org.nz/conference-c... π @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
#hustnursing sounds great !
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Another useful guide from your friends at Buckinghamshire Archives
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Another useful guide from your friends at Buckinghamshire Archives
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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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, 1975β2025 by Jan-Thore Lockertsen bulletin.ukahn.org/professional...
Professionalising theatre nursing: Educational reform and institutional change in Norway, 1975β2025 β The UKAHN Bulletin: ISSN 2049-9744
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February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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, 1975β2025 by Jan-Thore Lockertsen bulletin.ukahn.org/professional...
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2/5/1871 β b. Mary Sewall Gardner, American nursing leader, educator, public health pioneer. Co-founder, Natl Org for Public Health Nursing, president (1913-15). Worldwide classic, βPublic Health Nursingβ(1916), first U.S. #publichealth text #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #MedSky #HistNursing
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
2/5/1871 β b. Mary Sewall Gardner, American nursing leader, educator, public health pioneer. Co-founder, Natl Org for Public Health Nursing, president (1913-15). Worldwide classic, βPublic Health Nursingβ(1916), first U.S. #publichealth text #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NurseSky #MedSky #HistNursing
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(Talk) Enough is Enough! The Politics of Health in Cartoons histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/02/les-... #histSTM
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Today's Vintage Book Cover: By the prolific Arlene Hale who wrote numerous medical romances www.fantasticfiction.com/h/arlene-hale/ #histnursing #nursinghistory #histmed #medicalhistory
February 9, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: By the prolific Arlene Hale who wrote numerous medical romances www.fantasticfiction.com/h/arlene-hale/ #histnursing #nursinghistory #histmed #medicalhistory
And NUPE mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NUP
But may be a long shot as I'm not sure about rates of union membership at that time, when working independently as she did....
But may be a long shot as I'm not sure about rates of union membership at that time, when working independently as she did....
National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), earlier the National Union of Corporation Workers (NUCW)
This collection contains: union rules, 1907-1986; records concerning reorganisation and revision of rules, c1973-1991; minutes and papers of executive council, various committees, and national and arβ¦
mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
And NUPE mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NUP
But may be a long shot as I'm not sure about rates of union membership at that time, when working independently as she did....
But may be a long shot as I'm not sure about rates of union membership at that time, when working independently as she did....
Did you ever find her on the GNC register? I don't think she was... Re NUCO mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/HWU
National Union of County Officers / Hospital and Welfare Services Union
Council and other minutes, 1929-45; minutes of Hospital and Welfare Services Union London Area, minutes, 1933-1935; journal; membership registers.
mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Did you ever find her on the GNC register? I don't think she was... Re NUCO mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/HWU
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Biography -draft 1, Chapter 8 - Moscow, March 1921, Molly Murphy witnesses the reality of the terrible famine that is unfolding: βanimals falling exhausted in the streets and white faced haggard children pathetically clutch you as you pass and beg for bread.β
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing #RCN
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing #RCN
Molly Murphy: the life of an activist nurse | RCN Magazines | Royal College of Nursing
Suffragette, revolutionary and wartime nurse β discover the extraordinary history of nurse Molly
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February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Biography -draft 1, Chapter 8 - Moscow, March 1921, Molly Murphy witnesses the reality of the terrible famine that is unfolding: βanimals falling exhausted in the streets and white faced haggard children pathetically clutch you as you pass and beg for bread.β
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing #RCN
#MollyMurphy #HistNursing #RCN
thanks! I remember Jenny working on that - round the time I was at Wellcome (equally can't quite believe how many years ago that was!)
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
thanks! I remember Jenny working on that - round the time I was at Wellcome (equally can't quite believe how many years ago that was!)
and b) this thesis which I examined 20 years ago (phew) Jennifer Haynes, Sanitary ladies and friendly visitors : women public health officers in London, 1890-1930 discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10... 2/2
Sanitary ladies and friendly visitors : women public health officers in London, 1890-1930
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UCL Discovery
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February 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Our Land tickets with Robert Beckford, Hodge Hill Birmingham 7.30pm 18th March
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'Our Land' with Corinne Fowler & Robert Beckford: What has the British countryside got to do with Empire? β Zoom, Wed 18 Mar 2026 - You are welcome to attend this event online (via zoom) or in person,...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Our Land tickets with Robert Beckford, Hodge Hill Birmingham 7.30pm 18th March
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Today's #HistNursing #Badge is #Edinburgh Health Visitor
Many nurses also trained as Health Visitors - an aligned but different role ihv.org.uk/about-us/his...
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #WomensHistory
See more #RCNArchives badges π
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Many nurses also trained as Health Visitors - an aligned but different role ihv.org.uk/about-us/his...
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #WomensHistory
See more #RCNArchives badges π
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Today's #HistNursing #Badge is #Edinburgh Health Visitor
Many nurses also trained as Health Visitors - an aligned but different role ihv.org.uk/about-us/his...
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #WomensHistory
See more #RCNArchives badges π
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive
Many nurses also trained as Health Visitors - an aligned but different role ihv.org.uk/about-us/his...
@rcnhistory.bsky.social #WomensHistory
See more #RCNArchives badges π
rcn.access.preservica.com/archive