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Sue Campbell
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Lecturer Health Services Management and Global Health at University of Glasgow. Keen interest in History of Nursing and raising the profile of nurses in history. RCN History of Nursing forum member
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The inspiring Rebecca Strong our first matron who invented the block training method for nurse training which is now used worldwide, received this telegram from King George on her 100th birthday

'Tireless pioneering' It really was. A true legend. Visit us or follow along on here to find out more
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Hear from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest, & Beverly McFarlane, 3 of our History Detectives. Discover Jessie Stephen’s radical early activism, Rebecca Strong’s trailblazing nursing reforms, & the stark history of Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals for “Unfortunate Females.”
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Meet the History Detectives | Glasgow Women's Library
Hear three short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest and Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives – the volunteers who research and present our heritage walks.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Rottenrow. Glasgow's beloved maternity hospital until services moved to The Princess Royal in 2001.Our biggest & best exhibition yet celebrates Rottenrow. Opening 2026. The Birth of a City. To get you in the mood: pinards, a training pelvis & weighing scales. Who knows what a pinard is? 🤔
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!

We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.

Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

📆Closing date: 5 January 2026

#UofGLibraryFellows
Graphic showing double page opening of emblem book from Stirling Maxwell Collection featuring portrait of a man on the left and a printed emblem of text and image on the right. The image is overlaid with information about the fellowship scheme welcoming researchers and repeating closing date and URL to follow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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On #RemembranceDay, we encourage you to use the Mapping Memorials site to find war memorials dedicated to women like Scottish nurse Margaret Brebner (1885–1942), who became a Matron in Singapore and was killed when her evacuation ship was bombed.

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Margaret Brebner | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland
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November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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#HistNursing #LestWeForget New blog Remembering nurses awarded the Royal Red Cross in #WW2

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some red paper poppies
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#histnursing
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Meet Katherine Edith McCall Anderson RRC & Bar (1866–1924) 💙

Born in #Glasgow Her 1901 RRC was for serving in the 2nd Boer War, the 1919 Bar for #WW1

Matron St George's #London; Buried in Glasow

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

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Katherine McCall Anderson - Wikipedia
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November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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📢 We’re thrilled to share a new blog by Sue Campbell @histnurse.bsky.social! The RCN History of Nursing Forum performs fantastic work raising the profile of Scottish nursing history @rcnhistory.bsky.social

Discover more:
🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/10/16/r...
Walk leader in a bright yellow jacket is standing at the headstone of Glasgow Royal Infirmary nurses in Glasgow Necropolis.
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Today a THREAD👇 of Scottish WWII sheroes who shone in adversity. 1st resistance fighter & nurse Mary Helen Young helped prisoners escape Nazi-occuped France. Killed in Ravensbruck, novelist, Simone St Clair, incarcerated with her said 'she kept her chin up' Mary we salute you./1
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference!

📍Online via Zoom
🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026
⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025

See our website for full details 👇

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The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering. Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February 2026, Online Conference. Ruth Davidson, Anna Muggeridge, Eve Pennington and Beckie Rutherford. Keynote address by Dr Sarah Crook, Swansea University: ‘Cradles of Discontent: Motherhood as a pathway to activism in modern Britain’. This conference is supported by a UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship ‘Voices of Motherhood’ Project reference MR/Y018184/1 and the University of Worcester.
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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"Remembering the Nurses Awarded the Royal Red Cross in the Second World War". History of Nursing Forum vice-chair Vari Drennan presenting in Swindon this month - and will reprise in HONF London and SE meeting in March 2026.
September 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Fantastic session of Lightning Talks at the WHS conference. Thank you to our speakers! 👏👏

Wonderful to hear about wide-ranging projects—from activism at Sellafield, to research methodology in community archives, to increasing the visibility of women nurses on Wikipedia with @histnurse.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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✨ Today’s the day! ✨

We’re so excited for the Women’s History Scotland 2025 Conference 🎉 A day dedicated to sharing research, stories, and conversations that highlight women’s voices across history

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September 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Meet Eliza Mackenzie (1816-1892)

Born in #Glasgow Naval Superintendent of nurses in the Crimean War

Her career led to formation of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) in 1902

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia

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Eliza Mackenzie - Wikipedia
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September 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Meet Fanny Pease (1866–1946) #Nurse & #Suffragette

Born in #Woolwich she was force fed at Holloway Prison for suffrage activism. Awarded an RRC for WW2 nursing

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
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September 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The latest RCN Research forum podcast is now live! In the podcast Gordon Hill & an ECR discuss writing for publication with Ann McMahon & Andree Le May. Ann & Andree share strategies & give excellent advice to help nurses to get their work published. #RCNResearch25 on.soundcloud.com/nmhwvyVvTiIQ...
Writing for publication
The Royal College of Nursing is the world’s largest nursing union and professional body. We represent more than 450,000 nurses, student nurses, midwives and nursing support workers in the UK and inter
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September 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Honnor Morten was a nurse-campaigner who founded the School Nurses’ Society in the early 1900s. Her work had a great impact on keeping children in school. This book with its stunning cover was a great addition to our school nursing exhibit. Read more about it here: bit.ly/4mKVaoe
Vintage book titled 'How to Treat Accidents and Illnesses' by Honor Morten. Cover is an illustration of a woman tending to a sick child lying in bed.
September 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Fanny Pease , civilian and military nurse and militant suffragette #histnursing
dohertyta.bsky.social Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · Sep 3
Meet Fanny Pease (1866–1946) #Nurse & #Suffragette

Born in #Woolwich she was force fed at Holloway Prison for suffrage activism. Awarded an RRC for WW2 nursing

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
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September 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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CFP for “Disease and Health in the Aftermath of Political Partitions”, in Queens University Belfast, which will take place on 4th December 2025. The submission deadline for paper proposals is 20th August. For further details please read www.eventbrite.ie/e/disease-an...
Disease and Health in the Aftermath of Political Partitions
This conference will examine health, disease and trauma discourses which emerged from the major partitions of the 20th and 21st Centuries
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August 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Great to see Sue Campbell's blog highlighting Scottish nursing history. #histnursing
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Raising the profile of pioneering nurses at the Glasgow Science Festival | Blogs | Royal College of Nursing
Raising the profile of pioneering nurses at the Glasgow Science Festival
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July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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This is the oldest of 3 stones for nurses and domestics of Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the Glasgow Necropolis. The staff listed died between 1872 and 1887. All bar one were in their twenties, came from outside the Glasgow area and died from conditions to which they were exposed during their work.
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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A fun day at the Glasgow Science festival. Thanks to University of Glasgow nursing students Naomi and Hannah for helping out and sharing stories of pioneering community nurses in Glasgow from the early 1900s
June 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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As part of the Glasgow Science Festival, Nursing and Healthcare School staff and students from UofG will be at the Riverside Museum Saturday 7th June 11am – 3pm raising the profile of the pioneers of community nursing in Glasgow. www.glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk
June 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Glasgow Science Festival begins today 🥳

Running from the 5th - 15th June, with most events being FREE - you don't want to miss this! 🔬🧪

The UofG Tower and Main Building were lit #GlaSciFest blue yesterday to mark the occasion. 🤩

Full programme ➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
University of Glasgow Tower and Main Building lit blue to support the launch of this year's Glasgow Science Festival Glasgow Science Festival takes over the Glasgow Botanic Gardens with dozens of activities linked to botany, biodiversity, sustainability, health & wellbeing. Glasgow Science Festival at the Riverside Museum exploring the theme of technology, innovation, engineering, transport and renewables. Germs Galore with researchers from the University of Glasgow at the Botanics
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Check out the call for papers for this exciting conference in beautiful Boulogne-sur-Mer in March next year on 'Women in War in France, Britain and Ireland'. It should be a fascinating event. femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr/en/call-for-...
June 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM