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-...
Today’s Comic: “Myra North, Special Nurse” 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
Today’s Comic: “Myra North, Special Nurse” 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
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
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
Today's Vintage Pulp Cover: This nurse means business. This issue of the pulp magazine "Thrilling Detective" was published in Feb 1942 . The magazine ran from 1931 until summer 1953 tinyurl.com/ybomgewc #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Today's Vintage Pulp Cover: This nurse means business. This issue of the pulp magazine "Thrilling Detective" was published in Feb 1942 . The magazine ran from 1931 until summer 1953 tinyurl.com/ybomgewc #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory
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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February 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Our thanks to our generous hosts at the University of Granada for a warm welcome and week of training and scholarship - one of our largest events to date showing the significance of #reproductive #reprohist in #HistHealth #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians
February 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Our thanks to our generous hosts at the University of Granada for a warm welcome and week of training and scholarship - one of our largest events to date showing the significance of #reproductive #reprohist in #HistHealth #HistMed #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians
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
🕠5:30-7pm, 18 February
📍London
🎟️Free: https://bit.ly/3MefKR1
#ArtOfNursing #HistNursing
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Indeed a great #OTD plus really interesting paper in @ukahn.bsky.social bulletin #nurseactivism #histnursing #histmed
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...
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Indeed a great #OTD plus really interesting paper in @ukahn.bsky.social bulletin #nurseactivism #histnursing #histmed
Rooted in the Kingston Health Sciences Centre campus, the Canadian Museum of Health Care shares health care stories across centuries.
From our home in the Ann Baillie Building, a 1904 nursing residence, we connect Kingston’s rich health care history to broader conversations across Canada.🩺❤️🩹
From our home in the Ann Baillie Building, a 1904 nursing residence, we connect Kingston’s rich health care history to broader conversations across Canada.🩺❤️🩹
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
@ukahn.bsky.social
I was gifted one of the rarest medals from #WW1. It was for a nurse in the TFNS
She became very ill with malaria and discharged.
Here is her story
historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/01/harr...
I was gifted one of the rarest medals from #WW1. It was for a nurse in the TFNS
She became very ill with malaria and discharged.
Here is her story
historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/01/harr...
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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
RADICAL NURSES
British Nurses who were with the International Brigade in Spain fighting fascism
Earls Court Rally
@ibmt-scw.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
Colourised photo from Newspaper
#HistNursing
British Nurses who were with the International Brigade in Spain fighting fascism
Earls Court Rally
@ibmt-scw.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
Colourised photo from Newspaper
#HistNursing
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
🌈It is LGBTQ+ History Month!
Spotlight on: Hermione Blackwood and Cathlin du Sautoy, a Red Cross power couple, who adopted French orphans Victor and Yvette to make a happy family 🌈
Explore their history with the RCN Archive: https://bit.ly/4rp1Z0V
#LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideInNursing #HistNursing
Spotlight on: Hermione Blackwood and Cathlin du Sautoy, a Red Cross power couple, who adopted French orphans Victor and Yvette to make a happy family 🌈
Explore their history with the RCN Archive: https://bit.ly/4rp1Z0V
#LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideInNursing #HistNursing
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Recommended reading #histnursing #histmed
Out now: Our special issue of the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics (#ENHE) about Nursing and Migration.
All articles OA: www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v...
#nursinghistory #medhist
All articles OA: www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v...
#nursinghistory #medhist
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Recommended reading #histnursing #histmed
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
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Arlene Hale [1924-1982] published over 100 romances including many medical tinyurl.com/2p9h4ak2 This one is from 1971 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Arlene Hale [1924-1982] published over 100 romances including many medical tinyurl.com/2p9h4ak2 This one is from 1971 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
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...
UKAHN Colloquium 2016 – UK Association for the History of Nursing
ukahn.org
February 1, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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...
#DigitalArchives great blog
@britishlibrary.bsky.social web archive doing amazing work building collections for the future.
#Nursing with @rcnhistory.bsky.social
#TradeUnions w @sslh.bsky.social’s archive group
#HistNursing #HistMed w #RoyalCollege archivists 💙💙
@britishlibrary.bsky.social web archive doing amazing work building collections for the future.
#Nursing with @rcnhistory.bsky.social
#TradeUnions w @sslh.bsky.social’s archive group
#HistNursing #HistMed w #RoyalCollege archivists 💙💙
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 AM
#DigitalArchives great blog
@britishlibrary.bsky.social web archive doing amazing work building collections for the future.
#Nursing with @rcnhistory.bsky.social
#TradeUnions w @sslh.bsky.social’s archive group
#HistNursing #HistMed w #RoyalCollege archivists 💙💙
@britishlibrary.bsky.social web archive doing amazing work building collections for the future.
#Nursing with @rcnhistory.bsky.social
#TradeUnions w @sslh.bsky.social’s archive group
#HistNursing #HistMed w #RoyalCollege archivists 💙💙
Registration is now open for "Space, Place, & Patients," the 2nd Annual AAHN Graduate Student & Early Career Research Conference happening February 19-21!
Register and see detailed timing information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
#histnursing #histmed
Register and see detailed timing information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
#histnursing #histmed
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Registration is now open for "Space, Place, & Patients," the 2nd Annual AAHN Graduate Student & Early Career Research Conference happening February 19-21!
Register and see detailed timing information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
#histnursing #histmed
Register and see detailed timing information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
#histnursing #histmed
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 and view abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing #histmed
Register and view abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing #histmed
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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 and view abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing #histmed
Register and view abstract here: aahn.memberclicks.net/virtual-spea...
#histnursing #histmed
Today's Vintage Book Cover: This author [16 Jun 1924-27 Jan 1982] wrote more than 100 romances many medical under her real name Arlene Hale & several pseudonyms tinyurl.com/2p9h4ak2 This title published 1975 tinyurl.com/2p8mb5u5 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: This author [16 Jun 1924-27 Jan 1982] wrote more than 100 romances many medical under her real name Arlene Hale & several pseudonyms tinyurl.com/2p9h4ak2 This title published 1975 tinyurl.com/2p8mb5u5 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
#OtD 24 Jan 1919 staff and patients barricaded themselves inside the Monaghan Lunatic Asylum in Ireland and declared a soviet (workers' council). They also made demands on pay and working hours, including equal pay for women. They won in February stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9650...
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Uh, oh, rehab & heartbreak! Patti Carr wrote a few medical romances, this one published in 1969 tinyurl.com/mu9r7uuj #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Today's Vintage Book Cover: Uh, oh, rehab & heartbreak! Patti Carr wrote a few medical romances, this one published in 1969 tinyurl.com/mu9r7uuj #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalfiction
The last day to submit abstracts for the 2nd Annual Graduate Student and Early Career Researcher Virtual Conference!
Call for papers here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
Submit your abstract here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#histnursing #histmed #envhist
Call for papers here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
Submit your abstract here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#histnursing #histmed #envhist
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The last day to submit abstracts for the 2nd Annual Graduate Student and Early Career Researcher Virtual Conference!
Call for papers here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
Submit your abstract here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#histnursing #histmed #envhist
Call for papers here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2026-graduat...
Submit your abstract here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#histnursing #histmed #envhist