#OTD in 1805, Mary Seacole was born. Mary nursed British soldiers at the height of the cholera and yellow fever epidemics. During The Crimean War she funded her journey to the frontlines where she bravely nursed the wounded and gained the sobriquet ‘Mother Seacole’.
This week we launched our NSW exhibition. Visit the exhibition in person or online and join us at our next event to celebrate their contribution throughout history, on #NursingSupportWorkersDay, and beyond
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Celebrating 50 years of postgraduate nursing education at @RCSI_FacNurMid this year with the release of newly digitised material from the archives for #WDPD2024. Now available online at RCSI Digital Heritage Collections🔗 tinyurl.com/cy35dv5xtinyurl.com/cy35dv5x
The RCN Archives hold the most important collection of nursing history in the UK.
We love the very striking cover of the RCN Committee for Northern Ireland conferences programme, Oct 1962 #HistNursing@rcnnilibraries
For more info visit: rcn.org.uk/library/archives
Join us next week to learn more about Black British nurses as author Kandace Chimbiri launches her new book! The event will give a potted history of Black British nursing, and is open to all.
📆 27 Nov 2024
⌚ 17:30-19:00
📌 20 Cavendish Square
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ALT Promotional image for "The Story of Britain's Black Nurses", featuring an image of a book cover.
Explore Donard Imaal History's story of Elizabeth Birdie Barret, one of the 22 midwives/nurses featured in an interactive touch screen display as part of the new 'Mary Anne Fanning: Remembering our Community Midwives' exhibition @NMIrelanddonardimaalhistory.wicklowhe…
Discover how professionalisation impacted nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions (1882-1922). Join Lisa McGeeney, nurse, midwife, and local history expert for a talk on Sunday, Nov. 17 at NMI - Country Life —book now at museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Coun…#HerStory
ALT Photo of Mary Anne Fanning from the new temporary exhibition Mary Anne Fanning: Remembering our Community Midwives
Acts of Remembrance . Read the WW1 experiences of 9 nine nurses and one VAD in their scrapbooks ,digitised by volunteer members of the RCN History of Nursing Forum. rcn.org.uk/servicescrapbooks…
The second 10 named nurses: Elizabeth Hughes, Florence Jones, Mary Marshall, Christian Mccombe, Catherine Miller , Helena Rowlands, Ethel Russell , Ethel Saxon, Dorothy Thwatte, Emillie Weatherilt.